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Appended #CdbBoilingFrogs">below is an article posted to www.boilingfrogspost.com on Thursday, 12 September 2013 by Sibel Edmonds.

FBI whistleblower
Sibel Edmonds

Almost everyone pays directly through taxes to be lied to by the ABC and SBS news services (and the British pay with their taxes, for much of the rest of the world as well as themselves, to be misinformed by the BBC news service). Some pay through direct purchase or subscription to be misinformed. Few who watch commercial television news services don't pay indirectly to be lied to. They pay additional costs added to the prices of their purchases to pay for advertising.

One of the almost countless examples of lies about Syria in the Melbourne Age and other Australian newsmedia is the editorial A surprise outbreak of diplomacy over Syria of 11 September 2013 (emphasis added):

At last, Russia ... might appease the United States over Dr Assad's despicable actions in gassing Syrian civilians last month. ... Russia's call [to have Syria's chemical weapons destroyed under international control ...

... would ... remove the immediate justification for US military action against the Assad regime.

... There is too much at stake for the region, and for the Syrian people in particular, to let this ruthless dictator off easily. Ultimately, Dr Assad must be brought to justice to answer for this crime.

The evidence emerging, now that the U.S. has stalled its war plans, is that the terrorist opponents of the popularly supported Syrian government, supplied by the United States' ally Saudi Arabia, launched the chemical weapons. Special UN investigator Carla del Ponte had in April found that it was more likely that Syrian rebels and not the Syrian government had used chemical weapons. Subsequent investigations by Russian chemical weapons experts confirmed Carla del Ponte's findings.

The United States, has itself repeatedly used chemical weapons and other WMDs in the numerous wars it has fought since the middle of the twentieth century. Given that Syria has also faced the threat of nuclear attack from Israel since the 1960's, it would seem prudent for Syria to have possessed one means to deter the Israeli government from launching those weapons agains Syria.

It is not Syrian President al-Assad that needs to be held to account, but the Age newspaper and its editors for lying to their readers about Syria.

The corporate criminals, their government glove-puppets and their newsmedia outlets have vast resources to pay their journalists and editors to misinform the public about world critical events like the Syrian conflict.

Much has been achieved in recent years to counter such lies thanks to the great levelling effect of the (still) free Internet journalists and researchers who have made their work freely available to Internet users.

However, if this is to continue, we cannot continue to rely upon unpaid volunteers or others, with paid employment, working late into the night or on weekends. Those who produce informative Internet content are entitled to remuneration for their valuable work.

Virtually all the independent Internet news services are struggling to make ends meet. These include the Boiling Frogs Post web-site of FBI whistleblower Sybil Edmonds. An appeal for more funds is appended below.

Other Independent news services that also need financial support include Global Research and Paul Craig Roberts. (Curiously, I wan't able to find any appeal for financial support on three other immensely valuable web-sites, Voltaire Net, the Land Destroyer Report and the Corbett Report, but we should be ready to help them out should they suddenly face unexpected financial difficulty in future.) (Candobetter, which is currently also produced by volunteers giving their time for free, could also use professional staff who are able to work full time.)

Below is the appeal for funds from Boiling Frogs Post:

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We are two weeks into our quarterly fundraising but only half way there. We have established a four-year track record as a news and multimedia website with integrity that is operated independent from any corporate or partisan agenda machines. We do not receive a single penny from the corporates or corporate-foundations or billionaire dynasties or divisive partisan operatives. This has been possible solely through our subscribers and contributors: That is you the people.

We provide you with our original daily podcast shows, exclusive investigative video reports, news, views, analyses and editorial toons. We can only Fundraising Thermometer continue and expand through your commitment to support us as a truly independent nonpartisan alternative- because there is no other way around it. A truly independent alternative media outlet for the people can only be made possible by the people: People-subsidized news operations. That is 'You.'

You can read our previous posts on the programs, news and information we provide at Boiling Frogs Post here. You can also read the analysis on why we need people-subsidized media outlets here.

We are doing our best despite all the obstacles and challenges thrown at us by the establishment. You must do your best as well: Determine whether a real independent alternative media has a chance among establishment-infested propaganda moguls. Please do your share: Make a statement by supporting a real alternative.

Sibel Edmonds

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