Streets were deserted and shops were shut tight Tuesday in Conakry, Guinea, a day after government troops went on a brutal rampage at an opposition rally, shooting, stabbing, raping and assaulting dozens of men and women in a packed stadium. (more)
This situation is fucked up. So, why doesn’t the NYT make it their top story rather than the current story about the suspects in the Mumbai terror attacks, which happened almost a year ago? Perhaps it’s because the NYT fetishizes the state and its own proclamations of the crisis of “terrorism” of non-state actors, while downplaying the terrorism perpetrated by states themselves. … I’m sick of corporate media.
