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A Decade of Truthout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Rivers Pitt)
Mon Sep 19 11:07:45 2011
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t r u t h o u t | As one ten-year anniversary slowly recedes in our collective rear-view mirror, it behooves me to make strong note of another. *I don't know what brought you to Truthout - 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, the WMD lies, the fake terror alerts, the exposure of Abu Ghraib and our profligate use of torture, the ongoing domestic surveillance, the elections, the financial crisis, the lies compounded by lies, or the fact that the "mainstream" media is so full of shit you can smell them around the corner - but here you are, and thank you for it.*
*We at Truthout are celebrating our first ten years this week.* I've been thinking a lot about what it was that got us started in the first place. I'm sure you remember the beginning of 2001, that winter of discontent after the awesome fraud of the 2000 election and the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision. What I remember most, aside from the seething outrage of it all, was the soothing nonsense pouring forth from the "mainstream" news. On Inauguration Day, I heard the CNN anchors say at least a dozen times, "This is an orderly transition of power...this is an orderly transition of power..." In other words, shhhhh, be hush, nothing to see here.
Our purpose was established during that wretched time. *We refused to go along, refused to believe in the placating lies, and dedicated ourselves then and there to reporting the real news, the facts, the truth which those "mainstream" organizations are so well-paid to obfuscate and conceal.* In the intervening years, as the alternative media has grown in strength and influence, that purpose has never wavered or flagged. For us, reporting the truth is the central mission of our lives. It has been a brutal ten years, filled with horror and rage and an ocean of tears, but it is what we do, we would not give it up for anything, and we will never, ever stop.
Thank you for supporting us over these ten years. Thank you for reading us, and for spreading the truth right along with us. More than anything else, thank you for your care, your compassion, your strength, and your dedication to the very basic idea that it does not have to be this way. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world," said Margaret Mead. "Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." We will be here, trying to do exactly that.*
"*Help us continue this project and start our eleventh year strong. Please make a generous donation to Truthout today - every donation counts and we deeply appreciate your support.*"
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Yours,
William Rivers Pitt, Columnist and Editor
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<b><span>We at Truthout are celebrating our first ten years this week.</sp=
an></b><span> I've been thinking a lot about what it was that got us start=
ed in the first place. I'm sure you remember the beginning of 2001, that w=
inter of discontent after the awesome fraud of the 2000 election and the B=
ush v. Gore Supreme Court decision. What I remember most, aside from the s=
eething outrage of it all, was the soothing nonsense pouring forth from th=
e "mainstream" news. On Inauguration Day, I heard the CNN anchors say at =
least a dozen times, "This is an orderly transition of power...this is an =
orderly transition of power..." In other words, shhhhh, be hush, nothing t=
o see here.</span><br />
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<span>Our purpose was established during that wretched time. <b>We refused=
to go along, refused to believe in the placating lies, and dedicated ours=
elves then and there to reporting the real news, the facts, the truth whic=
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tal ten years, filled with horror and rage and an ocean of tears, but it i=
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r stop.</span><br />
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<span>Thank you for supporting us over these ten years. Thank you for read=
ing us, and for spreading the truth right along with us. More than anythin=
g else, thank you for your care, your compassion, your strength, and your =
dedication to the very basic idea that it does not have to be this way. "=
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