What the National News Media Failed to Tell You about the Election, Hurricane, and Haiti

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Long ago when I worked for the federal government I learned that often the foreign press tells a much different story than the American news media when it comes to politics in America.  So I began checking the foreign news on a daily basis and compared it to the USA news media coverage.

Not only is the difference remarkable, our Constitution and the guarantee of individual freedom and freedom of the press has no real impact in determining the truth.

In over fifty years of monitoring the media, however, there has never been such a dramatic breakdown in telling the truth as this year.  The good news is the public is highly skeptical of both candidates and parties so few believe the news media version either.

In the past media outlets tended to be ideologically linked to a political party or a political philosophy and often both.  This year you can throw out history because the lines of demarcation between the warring parties has been blurred, compromised, twisted and turned.

Perhaps Bush had to endorse Clinton

Forget truth, it does not stand a chance.  At the same time polarization has achieved such a miserable level that the difference between political parties is even blurred as both are addicted to massive corporate funds.

Once upon a time networks sought and told the truth.  Sadly, that day is far behind us.  More truth comes from illegally hacked emails than from politician's mouths.  More truth comes from the downtrodden and often forgotten than from the powerful special interests who rule America.

In the interest of passing on truth to you, the following links, most to foreign media outlets, will give you another side of the campaign our media media fail to identify.  Yes the world is watching, and the first thing they notice is the institutional bias, deception, and manipulation of the news.

Hurricane Matthew and Haiti Coverage

The Independent UK

Hurricane Matthew: In Haiti the death toll stands at 877 but the US media does not seem to care

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hurricane-matthew-in-haiti-the-death-toll-stands-at-842-but-the-us-media-does-not-seem-to-care-a7351236.html

Al Jazeera News

Horrors left by Hurricane Matthew become clear in Haiti

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/horrors-left-hurricane-matthew-clear-haiti-161008094813244.html

Haiti and Clinton Foundation

Telesur News of Latin America

Hillary Clinton Already Has Destructive Legacy in Latin America

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Hillary-Clinton-Already-Has-Destructive-Legacy-in-Latin-America-20160713-0011.html

Politico News

The Clintons’ Haiti Screw-Up, As Told By Hillary’s Emails

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-email-213110#ixzz4MUqo576Y

Huffington Post

The Clintons’ Haiti Screw-Up, As Told By Hillary’s Email

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/crossover-dreams/the-clinton-bush-haiti-fu_b_778503.html?

National Review

How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437883/hillarys-america-secret-history-democratic-party-dinesh-dsouza-clinton-foundation

Democratic Underground

The Clinton-Bush Fund has closed up shop in Haiti

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022415607

Hacked Email Story

BBC World News

Hillary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37595047

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The Wrath of Matthew Strikes Down the Meekest of the Meek in Haiti

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Hurricane Matthew live: Horror storm kills 842 after battering Haiti and US with 100mph winds ripping through Florida

·         Updated 18:50, 7 Oct 2016

·         By Steve Robson , John Shammas , Jon Dean

The United States is braced as the first Atlantic hurricane to hit since 2007 brings tornadoes and a 12ft storm surge.

More than three million people have been evacuated from Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina as Hurricane Matthew hits.

The biggest storm in a century is set to hit around 26 million people with President Obama declaring a state of emergency and mobilising thousands of National Guard troops.

At least 842 people have already been killed as Matthew swept through Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

At least 175 people died in villages clustered among the hills and coast of Haiti’s western tip.

At least three towns reported dozens of fatalities, including the farming village of Chantal, where the mayor said 86 people perished, mostly when trees crushed houses. He said 20 others were missing.

“A tree fell on the house and flattened it, the entire house fell on us. I couldn’t get out,” said driver Jean-Pierre, 27, who had been married for only a year.

“People came to lift the rubble, and then we saw my wife who had died in the same spot,” Jean-Donald said, his young daughter by his side, crying “Mommy.”

US Navy heads to Haiti

The USS Mesa Verde, a US Navy amphibious transport dock ship, is steaming toward Haiti to support relief efforts after Hurricane Matthew killed more than 500 people and left thousands homeless in the Caribbean country.

A Navy spokesman said the ship would bring a large set of capabilities, including three CH-53 heavy lift helicopters, bulldozers and fresh water delivery vehicles.

The ship can produce 72,000 gallons of fresh potable water per day and is stocked with pallets of food, medicine, baby formula, diapers, first aid supplies and other key items.

The ship has a surgical team which can work out of two operating rooms on board.

Death toll rises to 842

The death toll has now risen to 842, according to reports.

It is reported that the deaths count the lives lost in Haiti and the United States.

President Obama has signed a state of emergency for Georgia, Florida and South Carolina mobilising thousands of National Guard troops as the storm hits the Florida coastline.

Oil and gasoline terminals shut

Most oil and gasoline terminals along the south eastern coast in the United States have been shut as a result of Hurricane Matthew.

Those terminals will be key for bringing fuel to retail gasoline stations shuttered by the storm once the hurricane passes.

Gasoline distributors across Florida are scrambling to supply crews working to restore power to areas hit by the hurricane.

'This is still a really dangerous hurricane'

Here’s more from Obama as he addressed reporters earlier today...

I just want to emphasise to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane, that the potential for storm surge, loss of life and severe property damage exists and people continue to need to follow the instructions of their local officials over the next 24, 48, 72 hours.

For full story go to:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hurricane-matthew-live-horror-storm-8995023

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FYI - Must Read Articles of Interest Today October 7, 2016

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Hurricane Matthew

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/57f604f9e4b087a29a5486fd

Hurricane Matthew: Hundreds dead in Haiti storm disaster

The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 400, officials say.

Some 50 people were reported killed in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone

The nearby city of Jeremie saw 80% of its buildings levelled. In Sud province 30,000 homes were destroyed.

Category Three Matthew, with sustained winds of 120mph (193km/h), is heading up the coastline of the US state of Florida but has not made landfall.

It remains unclear whether it will do so.

At 08:00 local time (12:00 GMT) Matthew was off the Florida coast, about 45 miles east of Daytona Beach and moving north-west at about 13mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

§                       Live updates on Florida

§                       Hurricane Matthew in pictures

§                       Drudge Report kicks up storm

§                       Haitians describe hurricane ordeal

§                       Hurricane response: How do Haiti and Florida compare?

One Senator told AFP news agency that at least 400 people had died. Reuters news agency put the death toll at 478, quoting Haitian officials, but this has not been independently confirmed.

Complete BBC article

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37582009

Russian threatens United States over Syria

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/russia-warns-us-not-intervene-syria-threatens-shoot-181512495--abc-news-topstories.html

The destruction of Aleppo

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article106400962.html

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