Cynthia McKinney If You Rely on Mainstream Media, You Are Misinformed
02/08/2017 - In this brief stream, Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congress member and current human rights activist, urges viewers to educate themselves about their rights and the political realities of their countries. She warns that mainstream media in the United States has been legally permitted to lie to the public, and thus relying on outlets like CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and others can lead to misinformation. Instead, she recommends seeking out primary sources, such as WikiLeaks, to obtain accurate information. [Full Summary]Cynthia McKinney
00:00:17 I'm Cynthia McKinney and I used to be a member of Congress for 12 years and.00:00:06 So anyway, now I am a human rights activist.
00:00:11 One of the things that we can do to stand up a human rights is to learn what our human rights are.
00:00:18 You'd be surprised at the number of people who don't know about their own constitutions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
00:00:26 So with that in mind, I would say 1.
00:00:29 Educate yourself, educate yourself about what human rights are, and then educate yourself about the political situation of your particular country, the next thing.
00:00:46 That is extremely important is to understand the motivations around what is happening today and in order to do that, you've got to rely less on the mainstream media.
00:01:00 Which have been authorized, at least in the United States, by the Court system of the United States to knowingly lie to the public.
00:01:09 So it's not the CNN and the fox and the MSNBC and CNBC and NBC and all of that that you want to rely on if you do rely on those.
00:01:20 News outlets, then you're probably misinformed rather than informed.
00:01:27 That means going.
00:01:29 Directly to the source, one of the sources that I rely on.
00:01:35 Is WikiLeaks because I guarantee you whatever the topic is, you can find some of the background information that is real primary source in the WikiLeaks documents?