The U.s. News Media Have A Critical

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

In One Of His Final Acts In Office, President Obama Shortened The Sentences Of 209 Prisoners, Pardoned 64 Individuals .the List Included Army Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, Longtime Imprisoned Puerto Rican Independence Activist Oscar López Rivera And Retired U.s. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But Missing From The List Is 71-year-old Native American Activist Leonard Peltier.

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?'

We Must Build A Trickle-up Media That Reflects The True Character Of This Country And Its People. A Democratic Media Serving A Democratic Society.

During A News Conference, When He Was Standing With The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President [donald] Trump Responded To A Question From An Israeli Reporter About The Rise In Anti-semitic Attacks - By Boasting About His Election Victory.