Despite the all-encompassing belief in democracy and a free press,
Americans have very little democracy left and perhaps the worst media in
the world. Even people who make efforts to be informed don’t know what
is happening domestically and internationally because of the constant
lies and disinformation they are exposed to by the corporate media. They
act as spokespersons for the powerful instead of providing analysis and
information for readers and viewers. The result is a world turned
upside down, with lies being sold as the truth. Libya is just the latest
example of press malfeasance.
In 2011 the leaders of NATO appeared to pull off the perfect crime.
That year they used the Arab Spring democracy movement as a cover to
destroy Libya, kill its president, Muammar Gaddafi, and turn that nation
over to jihadists supported by the Persian gulf monarchs.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "Media Silence on Libya," (Black Agenda Report).