If you’ve ever wondered why American journalists are so timid (most are honest but uninformed), read this.
Amber Lyon was courageous in attempting to get on-the-ground facts about repression and violence by the American-backed Bahraini government. She and others delivered award-winning coverage. When her bosses at CNN International refused to air it she challenged them.
She got fired. Laid off, they said, as her only firing offense would have been “journalism.”
She is talking now, and CNNi is still trying to get her to shut up. They have threatened to cut off her severance package. She doesn’t care.
“I look at those payments as dirty money to stay silent. I got into journalism to expose, not help conceal, wrongdoing, and I’m not willing to keep quiet about this any longer, even if it means I’ll lose those payments.”
In case you listen to American news and do not recognize that attitude, it’s called “integrity.” Courage and unemployment go hand-in-hand here in the home of the brave.
Piece of Mindful 
Makes one wonder what book publishers and newspaper publishers share in common anymore. It sure isn’t a passion for truthful content.
The first tax “loophole” Romney should close to restore constitutional principles and reduce the deficit is the business advertising expense deduction.
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