Theres too much information in this article to give it all to you here but to keep the story short. In #Ottawa there was a shooting against the #governments National #War Memorial #killing one #soldier. While #Canadian #news personalities were at #police gunpoint, American outlets like #CBS News and the Associated Press had a full story to sell, complete with the dead shooter’s name. Before the scene was secure at 10:54am EDT, a joint release was published to identify the culprit. It stated, “The gunmen has been identified by U.S. officials to CBS News as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian national born in 1982.” By 4:58pm EDT, the story was edited to remove the shooter’s name, or any mention of the U.S. government’s #knowledge. As members of #parliament begin to piece this tragedy together, they’re advised to inquire how American intelligence knew the name of a ‘possible #terrorist’ as the mayhem was still unfolding. How did #Americans know when #Canadians didn’t, and how was this #information so widespread that American media and Google had access to distribute, but domestic reporters on the scene did not. Canadian parliamentary bureau chiefs didn’t posses the same information as their U.S. counterparts and faced the barrel of police guns as a press narrative was provided on their behalf by another country. If this is dubbed an act of terrorism that American sources had knowledge about to pre-report, then why weren’t steps taken to prevent the violence? The journalist who brought these #Snowden leaks to light is in town to promote his new book about the overreaching powers of a #surveillance state. #GlennGreenwald will be speaking just a few blocks from #ParliamentHill, in the same neighbourhood that’s under #lockdown. It’s purely coincidental that he wrote a scathing piece about the Canadian government and co-dependent media’s abuse of the word “terrorism” a day earlier.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:07:57 +0000
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