News Blackout of Stamford Protest
July 10th, 2006Gentle reader, did you know that in April President Bush went to Stanford University to speak to the Hoover Institution fellows at the invitation of former Secretary of State George Shultz but was not allowed on campus? The Stanford students got wind of it and blocked Bush’s access to the campus. The Hoover fellows had to go to Shultz’s home to hear Bush’s pitch for war and more war.
A person might think that it would be national news that Stanford University students would not allow the President of the US on campus. It happened to be a day that hundreds of prospective freshmen were on campus with their parents, many of whom joined the demonstration against Bush. I did not hear or read a word about it.
Did you? I learned of it from faculty friends in June when I attended Stanford’s graduation to witness a relative receive her degree. The June 16 edition of The Stanford Daily reprints its April 24 report of the episode. […]
This is what I call news…news that is not reported.
Incredible. SHAME on all the us ‘journalists’.
July 11th, 2006 at 1:19 am
it’s ironic but nowadays the press appear way more free in the Russian Federation!
July 11th, 2006 at 7:33 am
What has caused this turnaround?
What aer the alternatives?
Who is to blame?
What is next?
Yes, its ‘aer’, and you KNOW what ‘aer’ means.