puppets or pioneers of truth

The first year journalism students at Rhodes University were taught that most of the news stories being exposed to the masses are controlled and censored by elite people, mainly politicians. The collapse or rise of an empire is due to military trends, this means war. The USA has been glamourising war for years. They use ploys such as 'Uncle Sam', who commanded "we want you". The media called the war against Iraq, the war against terrorism and the cold war, the war against communism, controversial words which justify the act of killing thousands and shodows the truth. The truth is that power-thirsty politicians want an excuse to be able to invade countries and gain power of their worthy assets, such as oil.

Albert Gore, the former opponent of George W. Bush for presidency, claimed that the government was secretly searching people's emails and interrogating lawyers. What is America so afraid of and why are the people of America not knowlegable of this fact? If the American government is so supportive of the invasion of the public's privacy and their personal lives being hacked into then why can American politicains not joyfuly share their deepest secrets. Gore says that the government has a mass of shocking secrets that are constantly being hidden under a huge, iron-solid fist and that fist is at the mercy of the powerful media.

As journalists and members of the media it is our decision wether we will become the puppets of politicians or like Gore decide to tell the truth even if it is inconvenient.