President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
And hes not even a journalist anymore and you even see segments especially here in the United States i mean one particular one comes to mind off the top my head where it was on n. P. R. And Glenn Greenwald basically had to explain to the reporter what a journalist isnt isnt allowed to do you had to correct the introduction that the reporter gave him because the reporter was like well this is one of julian assad just friends and when i was like i dont really know the guy i just understand this issue and im passionate about it because i am a journalist and it was basically Glenn Greenwald giving a crash course in the idea of freedom of the press someone who is supposedly a professional reporter so the the kind of radio silence in the United States has been nothing short of disturbing you know until and what did the problem is here isnt it and i think rons example is so perfect because a great deal of what well what very little the American Public specifically knows about it is wrong to g
Peace deals with the u. A. E. Im right in washington something donald trump called a historic breakthrough but the move is met with outrage in palestine. Were back now with the latest headline. Oh and welcome to crossfire where all Things Considered im justice be done in a london court not only is joining us on trial but so is freedom of speech and the profession of journalism what explains the sparse Media Coverage of this trial why havent more journalists spoken out. And is being used as a target a big sample for those who challenge the powers that be. To discuss this and more im joined by my guests they were doc in london she is a journalist with i think is a munich and in los angeles we cross to run welcome he is a comedian and host of the you tube show get your news on was run as well as a writer and a regular on the jimmy dora show or across the girls in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i was appreciative ok lets go to taylor and london you have the fortunate
Monitor this court case as well as to report on it. You know iran its going to los angeles you know it wasnt many years ago that julian assad was the fed it is a hero alongside the the guardian in the New York Times so why isnt the guardian the New York Times in that dock too because one time he was considered the greatest journalist alive now hes even given that privilege of that title and you know can you explain journalism just abandoning one of its own go ahead ron. Those are all the questions that weve been asking for quite some time now and i wish i had the answer for i mean i do yeah i mean i think it really speaks to just the failures of the industry especially in the United States i mean i remember that when he was exposing these war crimes and he was deemed a hero and rightfully so he exposed some essential information of war crimes going on around the world then all of the sudden he was deemed public enemy number one and hes not even a journalist anymore and you even see seg