When president Obama took office last year, we were assured that we would finally have an open, transparent administration. But as time has ticked by, we’re beginning to see that this scenario might not happen. That’s why whistleblower Bradley Manning recently leaked a military video showing US troops gunning down men, women, and children in Afghanistan. But instead of being treated like a brave whistleblower, the mainstream media outlets have turned Manning into a criminal, while making a hero out of the computer hacker who exposed him. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. talks about this double standard – and about how the media has drastically changed in the last 40 years – with Bob Parry, founder of ConsortiumNews.com.
