I realize they are only in it for the money, but still you have to wonder how American corporate media execs can look in the mirror. From AFP coverage of Winter Soldier, Day One:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US veterans and active-duty soldiers on Thursday kicked off an event in Washington to protest the war in Iraq, urging other members of the military to join them in speaking out against the conflict.
"There's an upswell of disgust and disapproval for the Iraq war in the military," intelligence sergeant Selena Coppa told AFP at the launch of the four-day "Winter Soldier" event.
"The difficulty is letting them realize they are legally entitled to speak out about it, other than to service members," added Coppa, who is still on active duty in the US army.
Camilo Mejia, the first conscientious objector to the Iraq war, went a step further.
"I want our servicemen and women to know that standing up to an immoral occupation is not only their right but also their duty to their country and humanity," he told reporters.
"My first mission in Iraq was to run a prisoner of war camp where we used sensory and sleep deprivation techniques prior to interrogation," he recounted at the opening news conference, which was heavy with foreign correspondents but light on US media.
You can listen to Winter Soldier online here. Warning: what the soldiers are describing ain't no party, ain't no disco, ain't no fooling around.
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That link to KPFA has a button for the archived version of the Winter Soldier which runs 'round the clock so far as I could tell. I listened to about an hour quite late in the evening. There was live coverage on this on the Democracy Now program as well.
However there is nothing that I know of anywhere on the Wisconsin Public Radio talk segments about this.
It's likely that full documentary features will be made but that is hardly the same as mass media standing by and reporting nothing of the event.
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