KPFA News screws up again!

"President Bush urged Congress today to renew major provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT and rejected critics who complain the post-September 11 anti-Terrorism law erodes civil liberties. Sixteen sections of the PATRIOT ACT are scheduled to expire at the end of the year and the Bush administration fears their expiration will weaken law enforcement tools needed to search for potential terrorists on American soil. The PATRIOT ACT was approved by overwhelming margins in both the House and the Senate in the tense weeks after the September 11 attacks. But civil liberties groups and some members of Congress say the law has gone too far, putting American freedoms in danger. Among the provisions opposed by civil liberties advocates is one allowing authorities to sieze library and bookstore records, which the Bush administration has defended." [Emphasis added.]

This story, particularly the part I emphasized, presumes that an essential part of the official Bushshit about the threat of "terrorism" and the purposes of the "PATRIOT ACT" is actually what the Bushies believe! Thus, KPFA, which is supposed to be an alternative to the corportate media, is presenting a more "objective" version of the same lies!

I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of transcribing this and posting it if it were an isolated mistake, but it's quite typical of the way KPFA treats government propaganda. Moreover, the 4 PM headlines are probably the only "alternative" news that most listeners to Hard Knock Radio hear, so it's especially upsetting that they are given such pablum instead of incisive exposure of government lies and manipulation.

[The recording of Hard Knock Radio can be downloaded here. It's more than sufficient to download just the first megabyte if you only want the news headlines.]