As seen at Kos, in a post supporting Hugo Chavez’ takeover of a previously independent TV station:
In fact, as Lendman writes, if the news media in the United States had acted in the way RCTV, Venevision et al. acted in 2002, those responsible would likely face far harsher punishment than a mere refusal to renew the channel’s license. Section 2384 of the U.S. Code, entitled ‘Seditious Conspiracy’, states,
“If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States…they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years [later amended to six years], or both”.Could you even imagine a situation whereby CNN or FOX News openly supported an armed putsch against the U.S. government and over four years later were still permitted to broadcast over the public airways, with basically the same people in charge? The very idea is laughable.
No “chill winds” in that tropical paradise! And no comprehension that the media is doing all it can to undermine our foreign policy with a series of classified information leaks, and undermine public confidence with a steady barrage of negative news on everything from the economy to the war – right down to printing, and airing, enemy propaganda. And yet they continue with no repercussions whatsoever, even under the eeevil theocratic regime of Bushco. Do the leaks violate Section 2384? We’ll never know… because no one will ever be seriously investigated or prosecuted for it.
