The American Spectator

Another Perspective

Not All the News Is Fit to Print

By Francis J. Beckwith on 6.30.06 @ 12:08AM

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Our lives, and our freedoms, depend on it.

I CAN EASILY IMAGINE OTHER commercials and public service announcements that include citizens and military personnel who explain how the administration's secret operations have worked to protect them, their families, and millions of people around the world. Such testimonies could have a powerful impact on helping the country to understand that the publishing of classified information on the acquisition of intelligence is deadly serious business, and that those who willfully ignore the gravity of the situation are aiding and abetting the enemies of America and its liberties.

Rather than waiting for the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times to strike again, the administration should act preemptively. This would shift the terms of the debate and force the mainstream media to justify their actions to a public adequately informed of its real-life ramifications.

Letter to the Editor

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Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Religion, Constitution, Military, Communism, Fascism