VENTURA TRUTV PRESSURED BY SEN COHEN - "irresponsible to tell Americans" TRUTH

[infowarrior_039]

UPDATE ON "CONSPIRACY THEORY" CENSORSHIP

http://blog.memphisdailynews.com/?p=1331
http://www.rollcall.com/news/-201224-1.html

Cohen: We Must Hold the Media Accountable



    * By Rep. Steve Cohen
    * Special to Roll Call
    * Dec. 7, 2010, 11:17 a.m.

The press is often referred to as the fourth branch of government because of the role it serves in monitoring and reporting on what takes place in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.

But when the media purposely distort the facts to create confusion and mislead people, they must be held accountable. Unless we actively debunk false and misleading reports, we risk leaving the public with a dangerously skewed vision of this country. From the existence of health care “death panels” to the horribly inflated costs of presidential travel, the media is proliferating myths that only serve to deepen the mistrust of government that many people feel. As a fervent defender of the First Amendment, I believe that the best way to fight bad reporting is with good reporting.

As an example, I was recently the victim of bad reporting myself. A network owned by Turner Broadcasting System and Time Warner — truTV — aired a story on Nov. 12 called “The Police State Conspiracy” that contained grossly inaccurate information, insulted victims of the Holocaust and accused me and other elected officials of breaking the law.


The show, “Conspiracy Theory,” is hosted by former wrestler and Gov. Jesse Ventura and focused on legislation I co-sponsored with my colleagues, H.R. 645, which has never even passed out of a subcommittee. The bill would establish emergency operations centers to share information and provide assistance in case of emergencies and natural disasters. But in Ventura’s “report” he claimed that it created concentration camps across the country run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.


This, of course, is an outrageous distortion and outright lie, but to tell viewers that there is a government conspiracy to drag innocent Americans to FEMA-run concentration camps is dangerous and irresponsible.


http://www.africanaonline.com/2010/12/the-real-conspiracy-behind-trutv%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cconspiracy-theory%E2%80%9D/

TruTV’s program “Conspiracy Theory”, hosted by former governor Jesse Ventura, may have created their own new conspiracy. The documentary, in its second season, follows Ventura, along with a group of investigators consisting of skeptic Alex Piper, reporter June Sarpong and investigator Michael Braveman, and examines various conspiracy allegations involving numerous controversial subjects such as global warming, the 9/11 attacks, secret societies, government surveillance and secret weapons projects.

Whatever is really going on, it is clear that this particular episode got a little too close to the truth and is making some powerful people very uncomfortable. It is like a real life X-Files story. The bill discussed in the episode, H.R. 645, authorizes the FEMA centers, and does list a provision, that the camps can be set up “to meet other appropriate needs, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security”. On Alex Jones’ website, www.infowars.com, you can still view the controversial episode. Google the bill and check out the show while you still can.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/dec/07/rep-steve-cohen-blasts-jesse-ventura-tv-show-about/


Rep. Steve Cohen goes to the mat with TV's Ventura over 'Conspiracy Theory'


Cohen, a co-sponsor of a bill that would create FEMA camps for people temporarily displaced by hurricanes or a potential Mid-South earthquake, sat for an interview with Ventura in his Capitol Hill office on Sept. 16. Parts of that interview are reproduced in the segment.

In an op-ed in the newspaper Roll Call Tuesday, Cohen writes that, "when the media purposely distort the facts to create confusion and mislead people, they must be held accountable. Unless we actively debunk false and misleading reports, we risk leaving the public with a dangerously skewed vision of this country."

The "Conspiracy Theory" episode shows Ventura sleuthing through Washington after seeing what Cohen writes are an Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Texas and a low-security federal prison in California, both sheathed in razor wire.

"Now I've seen enough evidence," Ventura tells his audience. "I want to know why our congressmen think we need prison camps for ordinary citizens. They put it right in a Congressional bill."

The bill Ventura refers to, H.R. 645, would establish six "national emergency centers" on military bases for temporary housing and to coordinate emergency responses to natural disasters if it ever becomes law. Cohen notes in his opinion piece that the legislation hasn't even made it out of a subcommittee. And the current Congress will adjourn within weeks, if not days.

http://news.google.ca/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=ca&cf=all&ncl=dxsfE3M4xuR91tMDvYplqJ_-NR9SM

READ THE BILL

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-645

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.

(a) In General- In accordance with the requirements of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish not fewer than 6 national emergency centers on military installations.

(b) Purpose of National Emergency Centers- The purpose of a national emergency center shall be to use existing infrastructure--

(1) to provide temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster;

(2) to provide centralized locations for the purposes of training and ensuring the coordination of Federal, State, and local first responders;

(3) to provide centralized locations to improve the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts of government, private, and not-for-profit entities and faith-based organizations; and

(4) to meet other appropriate needs, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.


SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.

(c) Location of National Emergency Centers- There shall be established not fewer than one national emergency center in each of the following areas:

(1) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Regions I, II, and III.

(2) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV.

(3) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Regions V and VII.

(4) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region VI.

(5) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Regions VIII and X.

(6) The area consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX.

[Monkeypox]

Yet another example of one of our "representatives"  who needs to be reminded that he works for us - not the other way around!

[donnay]

Yet another example of one of our "representatives"  who needs to be reminded that he works for us - not the other way around!

He needs to be arrested for treason and tried and then placed in a FEMA Camp to do a lifetime of hard labor!   

[infowarrior_039]

last time I checked, an "Emergency Center" is the same as a CAMP.

[infowarrior_039]

10 Governors -- COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-establishing-council-governor

READ THE ORDER

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/2010executive_order.pdf

Section 1. Council of Governors.

(a)
There is established a Council of Governors (Council). The Council shall consist of 10 State Governors appointed by the President (Members), of whom no more than five shall be ofthe same political party. The term of service for each Member appointed to serve on the Council shall be 2 years, but a Membermay be reappointed for additional terms.

[tritonman]

The "Conspiracy Theory" episode shows Ventura sleuthing through Washington after seeing what Cohen writes are an Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Texas and a low-security federal prison in California, both sheathed in razor wire  Does anyone here have any more information about this?

[infowarrior_039]

the thing is why should TruTV pull the episode just because Sen Cohen doesn't agree. This is the last sign that free speech in America is GONE.

[Damascus]

The first thing that dies in a war is the truth. Then patriotism fills in the gaps, that reason has left behind.

[ekimdrachir]

Endgame came out in October 2007, I'm surprised were still here, let alone that they found the coffins, and got it on tv.

[worcesteradam]

is this man mentally ill

[Scarbo]

is this man mentally ill

Yes he is.

[L2Design]

He's probably a pedofile too...

Do as we say and you'll get your little boy toy

[EvadingGrid]

Best of all, he has been exposed in Public.

[Geolibertarian]

Yet another example of one of our "representatives"  who needs to be reminded that he works for us - not the other way around!

What pisses me off to no end is the virtual certainty that, if you first showed everyone in his state the FEMA Camp episode of Ventura's TV show, and then held a new election the very next week, he'd be voted right back in again.

Isn't that right, "lesser evil voters"? 

[dre4dwolf]

If there was nothing illegal about the camps, they would not have fences all around them.... and they would gladly give tours of the facilities.

Its nonsense to think they are going to be used for common good.

[Scarbo]

If there was nothing illegal about the camps, they would not have fences all around them.... and they would gladly give tours of the facilities.

Its nonsense to think they are going to be used for common good.

Most of them should be burned to the ground but a few should be kept as places where the elite will spend the rest of their lives under 24/7 surveillance cameras linked to the net so we can watch them whenever we feel like it.

[Ruth]

Rep Steve Cohen said:
The show, “Conspiracy Theory,” is hosted by former wrestler and Gov. Jesse Ventura and focused on legislation I co-sponsored with my colleagues, H.R. 645, which has never even passed out of a subcommittee. The bill would establish emergency operations centers to share information and provide assistance in case of emergencies and natural disasters. But in Ventura’s “report” he claimed that it created concentration camps across the country run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

I'm kind of wondering why these types of 'emergency operations centers' aren't already available to the Government if needed .... aren't the processes and proceedures already in place GOOD enough for these types of emergencies?  And why do they have to raise a new bills?

There's something to be said for putting these so called peoples representatives under the microscope... What exactly ARE they doing and why?  Especially if they are being paid by the people.

[No2NWO]

Perform a search at StageVU for full episodes.  http://stagevu.com/index

[StopGlobalismNow]

Can someone on here explain why in the episode of conspiracy theory about the supposed fema camps, they went to Taylor Texas and basically intimated that this was a fema camp and turns out after my own investigation it is http://tdonhutto.blogspot.com/  a private corrections facility, formerly used to detain immigrant families, now a womens detention facility.  It is not a 'fema' camp and HR 645 never passed!!!  I looked that up also.  The Fusion Centers are real, but can someone give me an actual real live case of a 'FEMA' camp?  Address?