The Media—stenographers To Power.

The Media Is Absolutely Essential To The Functioning Of A Democracy. It's Not Our Job To Cozy Up To Power. We're Supposed To Be The Check And Balance On Government.

I've Learned In My Years As A Journalist That When A Politician Says 'that's Ridiculous' You're Probably On The Right Track

I Really Do Think That If For One Week In The United States We Saw The True Face Of War, We Saw People's Limbs Sheared Off, We Saw Kids Blown Apart, For One Week, War Would Be Eradicated. Instead, What We See In The U.s. Media Is The Video War Game.

We Must Build A Trickle-up Media That Reflects The True Character Of This Country And Its People. A Democratic Media Serving A Democratic Society.

[chelsea] Manning Leaked More Than 700,000 Classified Files And Videos To Wikileaks About The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan And U.s. Foreign Policy.