Beyond the nine-second sound bite... Gate Bush want

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Defense Secretary Nominee Gates Tied to Iran-Contra and Secret Arming of Saddam Hussein//War Crimes Suit Against Rumsfeld

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/291047_amy05.html

Beyond the nine-second sound bite

By AMY GOODMAN
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

My goal as a journalist is to break the sound barrier. To cut through the static and bring forth voices that are not usually heard. I am not talking about a fringe minority, or the Silent Majority, but a silenced majority, increasingly restless, of people who are looking for alternative sources of information in a complex world.

With this column, I join you in the important ritual of reading the paper, of examining the news, to discern for yourself the state of the world and your place in it. I invite you to join me in going to where the silence is, as we seek out the news and newsmakers who are ignored. This column will include voices so often excluded, people whose views the media mostly ignore, issues they distort and even ridicule.