Amy Goodman - US media at 'all-time low'

I've just recently become aware of Amy Goodman. And if this is what she thinks, I'm not too impressed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but she seems to be saying that All US media "bad" and "al-Jazeera" is somehow "good" or starting to fill the spot that US journalism used to hold.

She says -- "If people in the US had a true picture of war - dead babies, women with their legs blown off, dead and dying soldiers - they would say 'no'," she said.

Not to sound gib, but "War is Hell". If everyone saw this stuff during WWII they would have said "No" to war and Hitler would rule Europe. If American's had this information during the Revolutionary War, the USA would not exist. And we would be two countries now if the Civil War didn't happen (and who can know how minorities would be treated in the Confederacy).

THE POINT is that war is sometimes necessary. It's never good, but it can leads to better things. She seems to not realize this.

If the Iraq War is "wrong" then it is not wrong because War is Hell, all wars are hell! And the very freedoms she enjoys rests on the US fighting and winning several wars. The very freedom she enjoys was bought with dead babies, women with their legs blown off, and dead and dying soldiers. Ms Goodman should be a little more grateful for their sacrifice.

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