Chelsea Manning Attempted To Commit Suicide Twice

But For The Media To Name Their Coverage Of The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq The Same As What The Pentagon Calls It — Everyday Seeing 'operation Iraqi Freedom' — You Have To Ask: 'if This Were State Controlled Media, How Would It Be Any Different?'

War Coverage Should Be More Than A Parade Of Retired Generals And Retired Government Flacks Posing As Reporters.

Going To Where The Silence Is. That Is The Responsibility Of A Journalist: Giving A Voice To Those Who Have Been Forgotten, Forsaken, And Beaten Down By The Powerful.

[the Media Can Be] The Greatest Force For Peace On The Earth [for] It Is How We Come To Understand Each Other.

Independent Media Can Go To Where The Silence Is And Break The Sound Barrier, Doing What The Corporate Networks Refuse To Do.