Iraq Reviews > Bilal Hussein, the right wing blogs, and the GOP

[Majikthise] Excellent post by Glenn Greenwald on what the lawless detention of AP photographer Bilal Hussein reveals about the Bush administration.

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A Newer World: Fully 53 percent of Americans want the Democrats to win control of Congress next month, including 10 percent of Republicans, compared to just 35 percent who want the GOP to retain power. If the election were held today, 51 percent of likely voters would vote for the Democrat in their district versus 39 percent who would vote for the Republican. (via Cosmos)

http://sensen-no-sen.blogspot.com  Sensen No Sen: Relations between the media and the Bush Administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of “national security” to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his “war on terrorism.” The zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 U.S. states, refuse to recognise the media’s right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism.The RSF index serves to call attention to the most direct assaults on press freedom, such as reporter intimidation and imprisonment, but it explicitly states that the freedom rankings should in no way be considered a measure of the quality of the press in each country that is evaluated. As important as the current administration's assault on the First Amendment is, it is not the whole story. (via Cosmos)

http://www.balloon-juice.com  Balloon Juice: Glenn Greenwald has a must-read post describing exactly how America managed to sink its international ratings for press freedom from top of the world in ”˜02 to worse than many third-world countries today. Excerpting doesn’t do it justice. (via Cosmos)

http://sensen-no-sen.blogspot.com  Sensen No Sen: The first, What the Bilal Hussein Detention Reveals About the Bush Administration, recounts the circumstances surrounding the indefinite detention in Iraq of an Associated Press photographer who has been held without charge for the last 14 months. It amplifies themes covered in articles that have appeared here recently, including The Abyss Stares Back, The Disappeared and Hotel California, and details the near total capitulation of the press in allowing his imprisonment to stand. (via Cosmos)

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