Proaction
In today's Counterpunch there is a good piece by Mark Hand which takes up an idea from Matt Taibbi: prosecute for war crimes those media organs that act as cheerleaders for acts of aggression such as the US invasion of Iraq. This is an idea whose time has come. It is one thing to allow freedom of speech for what are clearly identified as OpEd pieces, but it is quite another to allow to go unchecked (a) a pro-war slant in what does get printed and (b) an egregious failure to ask the questions and chase the stories that any unbiased and properly interested-in-getting-at-the-truth journalist would normally be following like a bloodhound after a fox. The shameful performance of the mainstream US media in covering the dealings of this administration is not just a failure, but an active collaboration pursued out of self-interest at the expense of American citizens (and the lives of many citizens of other countries). Just as this administration has committed crimes and should be prosecuted for them, so should the press that has been its willing partner.