[From the Author of “Poems
by Kolki – Absolutely Humane”, “Real Path$ To 9/11” & “Sayings
of Kolki”]
Free
Speech
(Dedicated to a true free world void of private media Mughals and their authoritarian censorships – Deepak
Sarkar, www.kolki.com)
<Related Poem: Journalist Article:
Why Media Is Silent>
[How
mainstream US media depriving World from peace and security excluding from
Presidential debates real domestic/global issues including 9/11
& Anthrax investigation, 2.3 trillion missing Pentagon transaction, 83,000 unknown detainees, 900,000 secret federal employees, and Live Avian Flu Virus sent by Baxter, USA, to eighteen(18)
countries which can trigger worldwide Pandemic!
It
seems that Pulitzer like prizes really converted World Journalism to ‘Yellow’
what Hearst and Pulitzer started in 1898 to promote non-existent Spanish War
beginning the American colonialism! Kolki]
If politicians
could speak
Politics would
have risen above status quo events -
Like polluting
the air during election game
With private
polls, analysis, and gossips without end
Marring
campaigns with personal shames
While promoting
tax cuts, tough on crimes, and prison cells -
Ignoring the issues
that are urgently relevant
For education,
humane jobs, environment, and health!
If media could
listen -
They wouldn’t
spend most valuable air time
Speculating
what’s in politician’s minds
Blocking news
that matters most for a better world
Beyond rumours
and stories conveniently discovered!
If people
could read -
The messages
from masses, leaders, and intellectuals
Without
misinformation and distractions from commercials
The world
would have seen peace and coexistence
Improving basic
human rights and enriching cultural strengths!
If commerce
could really serve -
Science
wouldn’t have been hijacked
With
researches that enrich the profiteers
Depriving planet
Earth’s wonderful creatures
From heavenly universal
wisdoms without barriers!
About Kolki ☼Kolki Peace Foundation☼ Why
Kolki?
Author: Deepak
Sarkar, 844 Royal Oak Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3T2, Canada; Tel/Fax: 250-412-2897;
E-Mail: Deepak.Sarkar@ieee.org;
Poetry & Peace Web Site: www.kolki.com
Sayings
of Kolki GLOBAL
ISSUES
Written August 17, 2003
[As people suffer everywhere billions
of dollars are being spent to sterilize seeds, modify food genetically for
profit from extended shelf life, maintain freshness of war-time packaged foods,
and build deadlier mines & weapons to hurt humans of other kind every which
way! Kolki]
John Swinton, the former Chief of Staff at the New York Times, made this candid confession1 when asked to give a toast
before the prestigious New York Press Club:
"There
is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you
who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you
did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly
for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of
you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be
so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for
another job.
If I allowed my honest
opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty four hours my
occupation would be gone. The business of the journalist is to destroy the
truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon,
and to sell the country for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what
folly is this toasting an independent press. We are the tools and vassals of
the rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings
and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property
of other men. We
are intellectual prostitutes.
"