Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
A Fake War on Terror features TV newspeople out at the airport cheerfully reporting on the busiest travel days of the year.
In a real War on Terror, real newspeople would ask:
What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
In The News
On the web:
Legal Nonsense to Justify Non-Judicial Killings
by Jacob G. Hornberger
November 18, 2025
Related:
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
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Flag in the mud is a symbol of newspeople not asking questions over the past 35 years or so.