It never ceases to amaze me how some of the diciest stories never make it to print.
They're cut on the Editor's floor.
Oh, we can't print that.
It's a national security issue.
They'll sue our ass off.
They'r one of our finest contributors.
It won't look good to the constituents.
Etc....

Some stories are too hot to handle.
The BGH (bovine growth hormone) laced-milk scandal here in Florida never made it to the main news. It's cancer producing and has been banned as such, yet it's still in the feed and the milk here.The guys who spent a couple of years doing the investigation were blocked at the final hour from releasing their documentary. One was transferred, one was fired.
It took them a couple of more years to get their jobs back along with court costs and damages.
Monsanto, the developer and producer of the BGH feed put a little muscle in behind that one.

And the journalist who discovered the Oklahoma City bombing involved the connections with the Iraqi military......she had EVIDENCE, yet was turned away from the FBI and later fired.
She wasn't able to publish her findings.
Finally, years later, she's finally vindicated, even after McVeigh was killed by lethal injection.

Typical politicking.

I know that CNN tells the truth, but that it's rendered pablum before they serve it to you.
Besides, they wouldn't really let you know anything that was good for you.
Just what their masters want you to know.

"Typical" is the lack of support for investigative reporting such as was done recently by Greg Palast.
Oh, Ed will say it's a done deal and to get over it.
But the move was illegal, and it stole an election.

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PALAST INVESTIGATION OF FLORIDA VOTE THEFT TO AIR ON PBS, FEATURED AT HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Two films, Counting on Democracy and Unprecedented, premier this month

In the face of the controversial decision by the PBS network to refuse to transmit the investigative report, the nation's top PBS stations will independently broadcast COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY. Directed by Emmy-award winner Danny Schechter, the 57-minute documentary follows BBC television reporter Greg Palast as he discovers how Katherine Harris removed up to 57,000 legal voters from registries - most black - five months before the 2000 election.

While the public broadcast network chiefs refused to schedule this important report, WNET (New York), KCET (Los Angeles), KQED (San Francisco) and dozens more are insisting on showing the exposé before the mid-term elections. (See full schedule at http://www.GregPalast.com.) The film will be featured this Sunday at the Hamptons International Film Festival.