how would you know you're being censored or not? And how 'truthful' are all those bloggers out there on the internet anyway?

How about the $300 million bribe by the Australian Wheat Board to Iraq for Australian wheat? The story there just seems to have vanished off the front pages for good. Wonder why?

Why single out the ABC for every single accusation of bias?

There's no other media outlet in this country that is subjected to the same degree of scrutiny.

Why not any of the commercial stations, or even SBS?

While the ABC is funded by taxpayers, the "free-to-air" networks are funded by consumers and, since they take a much larger slice of our money, why aren't they held accountable too?

Isn't the ABC the same network that was blasted by both Hawke and Wran for being biassed AGAINST the ALP?

Wobbles I did mention first of the Corporate media.I was not just singling out the ABC.I'll be up front with you.I was protesting outside the ABC on 9/11/09 with the group Archtitects and Engineers for 911 Truth,since the management refuse to air the new damning evidence about 911 and there is lots of it.

The ABC is undergoing staff cuts and the journos are scared of losing their jobs,which is understanderable but as they so often remind us,"It is our ABC." It should be free of the Govt shackles to present important info to the public.That should be ABC's prime fuction and not to colour the facts by omission or by their particular brand of bias.

You take PILGER seriously?

Folks, start from first principles. Activists are not trustworthy. Pilger writes stuff that wins adulation from the paranoid left, and that is ALL he does.

On this rare occasion Pilger is to be believed.

The US Defen(s)e Budget of $750 Billion (500 Billion plus the Never Ending Oil War Vote) has increased in line with its overwelming political influence over US foreign policy.

Defen(s)e of course is the foremost instrument of US foreign policy.

Just watch mega-corporations like Lockheed move their factories into Democratic "electorates" so that Democrats will increasing rely on the interrelated arms business/Pentagon/defen(s)e budget.

Pete

Dear John or any other readers

I'm confused. You say "as only Israel has a “right to exist” in the Middle East. What do you mean? There are 22 Arab/Islamic countries in the area. Which ones don't have a right to exist?

You say "the US goal is to cripple the Islamic Republic. This will allow Israel to divide and dominate the region on Washington’s behalf. Could you explain how Israel will dominate the region? Which of the 22 countries will they have power over? How will this power manifest itself?

If Iran didn't have a nuclear capacity how would this disadvantage it?

Looking forward to being enlightened on the above questions.