Wednesday 26 October 2011

News reporters clench paychecks, lose their moral compass

US Border Patrol on Tohono O'odham Nation
with spy cameras pointed at traditional O'odham homes.
Photo by Ofelia Rivas.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

TUCSON -- Before supporting an American Indian casino, people should examine the facts for themselves.
In the case of the Tohono O'odham, O'odham are living in desperation as millions from the Desert Diamond casino go to non-Indian management companies, the state of Arizona, and into the pockets of a few corrupt politicians.
All it takes is for reporters to drive through the Tohono O'odham Nation to see that the desperation has not changed in a decade of millions pouring into the Desert Diamond Casino.
O'odham elderly and women with children suffer the most. Many O'odham are without food, without gas, without safe drinking water and without wood in winter.
But reporters would rather live in front of their computers than go out and discover the truth. If they drove out to the Tohono O'odham Nation, they discover the truth: The casino money is not going to the people.
If reporters did go out to the Tohono O'odham Nation, they would likely be illegally detained by the US Border Patrol, wh [...]



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