Guantanamo Detainees on Hunger Strike
Posted by Doug Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:35:25 GMT
Unbeknownst to US news agencies, “enemy combatants” in Guantanamo are on a hunger strike—for the last month. Granted, I’m not much of a news freak. My buddy, Britton Fraley, is always pestering me that I should do more to catch up. So, I’ve subscribed to the BBC RSS Feed.
That’s where I learned about the hunger strike.
A lawyer said the inmates were prepared to strike until they got a fair hearing and humane treatment or died.
Forsaking my good Republican upbringing, I think the situation in Guantanamo is getting out of hand. The reason I’m posting about this though is that it appears the US news media isn’t reporting the hunger strike. A Google News search for ‘hunger strike guantanamo’ doesn’t show any hits from a national US news agency. It appears a few (two in NYC, the Boston Globe, and a brief mention in Amarillo, TX) local US news agencies have reported it as have a handful of special interest groups.
Is Guantanamo considered “not news” by CNN? I thought they were the liberal bunch. What about the New York Times? I can understand why Fox is quiet about it. I’m just really surprised this hasn’t been reported more.
I guess this is one reason why I don’t really follow mainstream news: it’s hard to know who’s a good source of information. I suppose what I’m supposed to do is follow them all and draw my own conclusions about what the “real news” is. I just don’t have time for that though.
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“Forsaking my good Republican upbringing”
Is that possible?
Actually, Fox News mentioned the hunger strike yesterday. With Katrina and the Roberts hearings dominating the news, apparently there isn’t much room for other news.