John Pilger Confirms Multiple RFK Shooters on Democracy Now! 6.5.2008

Amy Goodman made note of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of RFK today with a tribute that included a useful history of the life and times of RFK, but Goodman also parroted the establishment line that Sirhan Sirhan killed RFK. Following this statement, Goodman played a segment of an interview with Sirhan's brother, Munir. During the segment, Munir notes that Sirhan has no memory of what happened that night at the Ambassador Hotel, and never has been able to remember what happened that night. Goodman then talked to John Pilger on the telephone, and Pilger made the stunning admission that not only was he there that night 40 years ago, he heard multiple shots, says that the shots kept coming even after Sirhan had been wrestled to the ground, and he told this to the FBI. Something tells me that Pilger would strongly agree with the recently released acoustic evidence;

JOHN PILGER: ... Sirhan leapt up on a serving area, pointed a gun at him and fired. He was wrestled. Kennedy fell. He was wrestled to the ground, and then there were other shots.

There’s no question that there was another gunman, because one of the people who was hit, just grazed, was standing next to me, and that happened when Sirhan Sirhan had been wrestled to the ground. So that’s the interesting thing. There was another assassin or another several assassins. And then it was bedlam. And as you know, Kennedy died about twenty-four hours later.

AMY GOODMAN: John Pilger, what about Robert Kennedy’s views of Vietnam? Also, of course, your view is not the standard one, that there were other assassins.

I'm not even going to attempt to offer an explanation for Goodman's behavior here... there are no words...

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Amy is isolated from her fans and Co-host on these issues!

These interviews prove It!

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Maybe we should be focusing on Juan Gonzales.

Although he begins to sweat over questions about 9/11, in my interview , he does openly state his belief in the state conspiracy to assasinate MLK, and is a great admirer of William Pepper and his work.

That said....you would think he would be openly supporting and publicizing the NY Ballot initiative which includes Dr.William Pepper on its board. Both Juan and even Amy have publically stated their support of a new investigation into 9/11. Why not support this historic grassroots ballot initiative within their own city?

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Goodman's comment

I would have more respect for Ms Goodman if she simply said nothing. She obviously has her pay docked everytime truth is accidentally injected into her program.

lol

good one.

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government." -The Declaration of Independence

Goodman merely treads water on NWO/globalist issues & never

really says/does/accomplishes anything definitive against the Bush regime. Goodman just provides lip-service to appease the sheeple that still follow her.

It's just so sickeningly obvious that she's a left-gatekeeper!

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I don't think so. She's

I don't think so. She's just swimming along with the stream. She's fully brain-washed thru and thru. If Noam says its ok, then she'll be on board.

'Exception'?

The 'exception to the rulers'--who just happens not to take exception to a lot of what the rulers say.

the gatekeeper at it again,

the gatekeeper at it again, far be it to be skeptical of the government given how she is so vehemently against the illegal war, yet just blindly accepts other government issued stories when there is evidence to the contrary and moreover a pattern throughout history that one should be more skeptical of any official story and not less

Is Goodman really vehemently against the illegal war? I've

hardly seen her do anything to protest it. She could have championed groups like Code Pink at the very least!

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Democracy Now gets funds from the Rockefeller Foundation

....so it's not a big surprise her behavior.

for further reading... http://educate-yourself.org/cn/amygoodmangatekeeper27aug05.shtml

she's just a mole, like webster tarpley would say, but it isn't just her, noam chomsky and others play by the same drum!

Now John Pilger is VERY DIFFERENT, he has a history of telling the truth no matter what!

rjgn

My letter to Goodman about this

Amy--I used to watch DN religiously, donate and recommend to others. No more. You talk a good game about providing an alternative to the mainstream corporate press, but ultimately your concern about your job and reputation (especially among certain elements of the left) outweigh your journalistic obligations.

This exchange typifies what I am talking about. You felt fear in the pit of your stomach, didn't you? Then ran as hard as you could away from it:

JOHN PILGER: ... Sirhan leapt up on a serving area, pointed a gun at him and fired. He was wrestled. Kennedy fell. He was wrestled to the ground, and then there were other shots.

There’s no question that there was another gunman, because one of the people who was hit, just grazed, was standing next to me, and that happened when Sirhan Sirhan had been wrestled to the ground. So that’s the interesting thing. There was another assassin or another several assassins. And then it was bedlam. And as you know, Kennedy died about twenty-four hours later.

AMY GOODMAN: John Pilger, what about Robert Kennedy’s views of Vietnam? Also, of course, your view is not the standard one, that there were other assassins.

Even giving you the benefit of the doubt, that you are waiting for the right time to explore the use of political assassinations and false flag terror in this country, the fact that you followed up in this way says a lot. Too much for this viewer.

Your show does a lot of good, but this is disappointing and ultimately as craven as those at whom you point fingers.

David

Exactly what I expect from Ms. Goodman

She won't stray from the establishment line on anything. She had Gore Vidal on her show a few weeks ago and he said flat out that 9/11 was a coup d'etat. She changed the subject quickly, and then a few minutes later came back to it and asked, "What do you mean when you say that what happened after 9/11 was a coup d'etat?" He didn't say AFTER 9/11, Amy! He said 9/11 itself was a coup d'etat! It's very typical of the left gatekeepers to only allow discussion of what happened after 9/11, but no discussion of 9/11 itself. Anything that happened before 9/12 is just plain off-limits.

You surely don't mean "She

You surely don't mean "She won't stray from the establishment line on ANYTHING", do you? Actually, she is straying from the establishment line on most things, in that she normally allows challenges to official US positions all the time.

The red line has to do with political assassinations of AMERICANS, which points to a "deep politics" that, for one reason or another, she doesn't want to touch. It should be noted, though, that there was an interview of Peter Dale Scott. See http://www.democracynow.org/1996/11/26/cia_drugs_cocaine_politics_in_the .

In talking with family and friends about 911, their ultimate objection seems to always boil down to "I can't believe that the US would murder it's own citizens", and not rational arguments, per se. I don't think Democracy Now's apparent red line and what I hear from friends and family match coincidentally.

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Ms. Goodman provides a dissentlng view

within a range acceptable to the ruling elites, this is the definition of gatekeeping.

Unfortunately for Ms. Goodman, many of her viewers/listeners are waking up to the fact that she will simply not ask certain questions or cover certain subjects, as this example so clearly illustrates.

I find her lack of journalistic curiosity here stunning and, as generous as my "benefit of the doubt" is, quite inexplicable (outside of the possibility that she is a controlled asset, that is).

I watch and listen to a lot of mainstream "progressive" media and I've noticed a significant increase in propaganda pushback, especially in regard to the OCT on 9/11, the "war on terror" and the "growing danger posed by Iran". This tells me that we are getting even closer to the tipping point.

Information is power, brothers and sisters, get out there and empower everyone as often as possible!

The truth shall set us free. Love is the only way forward.

While I would strenuously

While I would strenuously object to any carte blanche denouncements of Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, etc., based on gatekeeping considerations, I do wish that the gatekeeping phenomenon had more attention. Although I'm not the propaganda theoretician that Noam Chomsky is, I'll venture to theorize the the one topic that would never, EVER, be covered by left gatekeepers in any detail is left gatekeeping, itself. For some of the same reason that the corporate owned press never discuss bias in their own reporting that arises due to their corporate ownership. It wouldn't do the brand much good, now, would it?

Maybe one thing that 911 activists could do, along with other activist groups that have concerned themselves with other false flag operations (especially the Oklahoma City bombing), is to have a citizen's trial of the left gatekeepers. There's been a citizen's trial of the 911 events, but I don't think many people paid attention. However, a citizen's trial of left gatekeepers might have an electrifying effect on the more educated left.

Or, it might be of more use to have a citizen's trial of the media, in general. Somehow, I don't think that would have quite the same kick (after all, who takes the main stream media seriously, nowadays?), but maybe I'm wrong about that.

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Amy and Noam

Amy and Noam sitting in a tree, D-E-N-Y-I-N-G !

Explain something please

He was wrestled to the ground, and there were additional shots. Many people must have witnessed them.

How do they get away with something like that?

Apparently Sirhan kept shooting

According to the movie "RFK Must Die", Sirhan Sirhan kept shooting as he was being restrained. His hand was pinned to the table and he was shooting into the table or the floor until he emptied the gun.

This, if true, seems to be the type of robotic behavior you would expect from someone who's been drugged or hypnotized. A lucid person would rather try to use the gun to defend himself and get away, or just stop shooting when there was no reason to continue.

Tangentially related question

Rumsfeld didn't do ANYTHING to defend the country until *and* after the Pentagon was hit. How does HE get away with THAT?

Can't wait for Alex Jones TV

The Alex Jones dish TV program is gonna be awesome. the truth for a change. i don't watch any TV/news lies anymore, at all. They should all be banned.

'TV/news lies'

You may not watch any TV/news lies anymore, but if you're not yet familiar with it, you might find the website of that time worth checking out:

http://tvnewslies.org/

Barrie Zwicker's chapter

Barrie Zwicker's chapter "The Shame of Noam Chomsky and the Gatekeepers of the Left " can be found at leftgatekeepers.com .

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Amy is a tool....

And I'm going to email her my thoughts. I suggest we all send her our thoughts. She's compromised. Can't use her. Let her know.