By Judi McLeod
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
When the publication air Force Times do not want to hear from Move america Forward and ask MaF to cease and desist sending them press releases, you have to wonder why.
air Force Times journalists have made it clear that they don't bother with news releases from "somebody on the right" who is "supporting the troops".
When the Sacramento Bee comes out with an "expose" against Move america Forward on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, what's their motive?
"Yesterday, we became aware of a front-page story by the Sacramento Bee that was completely shameful and despicable," MaF lamented in a media communique.
In a move that came immediately before MaF was to host the largest 9/11 commemorative event in the Western U.S., the Sacramento Bee smeared Move america Forward with a hit piece, quoting verbatim the organization's main enemies, the anti-war advocates.
"It was a lousy cheap shot from a newspaper and a reporter, which we suspect must hold the war on terrorism in disdain," said MaF.
MaF organizers vowed from the outstart that they would never let anyone stop them from advocating their support for american troops and the war on terrorism.
It may have been a low blow for the Bee to launch its attack on the fifth anniversary of September 11, but MaF intends to use the deed to redouble its efforts.
The Sacramento Bee seems mighty miffed that MaF moved to defend President George W. Bush when Cindy Sheehan's anti-war protests began to draw widespread news coverage.
"When Democrat House leader Nancy Pelosi called Bush an "incompetent leader" in 2004, the group responded with an "action alert" calling Pelosi a "domestic enemy", the Bee wrote.
In its scathing article, the Bee cites unnamed critics who suggest that Move Forward america is ripe for an Internal Revenue crackdown.
MaF's chief strategist Sal Russo, former Republican assemblyman Howard Kooligian and conservative San Francisco radio host Melanie Morgan "all veterans of the 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis", are cast under a cloud of suspicion in the article.
"The group has raised about $1.2 million, mostly from small, undisclosed donors, Rosso said. "Most of the money has been spent on television and radio spots and rallies, tax records show. about $113,000 funded programs directly benefiting soldiers, such as mailing them cookies, coffee and beef jerky."
Why would reporters begrudge cookies and coffee for courageous troops protecting their liberty?
The answer should startle millions of readers, some of whom are parents and spouses of american troops serving in the War against Terror.
The Sacramento Bee belongs to the same family as The air Force Times, which is part of the Military Times Media Group that also owns the Space News and Federal Times-owned by the Gannett Company since 1997.
Gannett's largest single shareholder is PCM, or Private Capital Management. PCM is owned by Legg Mason. Legg Mason is owned by allianceBernstein, the mutual fund company that is in turn owned by aXa, the French insurance giant implicated in the United Nations Oil-for-Food controversy and run by "the godfather of French Capitalism" Claude BeBear.
Melanie Morgan note: This is not a case of Liberal bias. Not only the Sacramento Bee, but america's own military's papers, which millions of personnel and their families read, is owned in essence by a foreign, hostile force, with what seems to be a personal and profit motive to present biased news.
No wonder the Sacramento Bee and company hate the Iraq war-it exposed them.
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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