Criminal activities of people in government positions have been known to media people for decades, along with the tragic and deadly consequences of the corruption. Yet, this type of real serious misconduct in government has been repeatedly covered up by media people and media organization, with the American public suffering the consequences.

Various reasons exist for the obstruction of justice conduct:
   * Media people on the secret payroll of the CIA and other government offices for years.
   * Herd mentality, not wishing to exercise courage to deviate from the herd cover-up actions.
   * Incompetency of some media personnel.
   * Editors blocking stories written by investigative reporters.
   * Fear of retaliation from other media groups or from government pressure.
   * Losing government contacts and the government feed out from such contacts.

One example of the harm inflicted upon the United States, its people, and the catastrophic consequences, is in the cover-ups, the disinformation, the lies, that enabled years of serial lying by President George Bush and his staff, and shills, to bombard the American people with known lies, related to the invasion of Iraq. And this is only one example of countless others, with the resulting death toll in the hundreds of thousands.

Details on the media cover-ups, the secret payments, have been described over the years in various books. They are also described in the books written by former federal agent Rodney Stich and his group of other government insiders. Parts of all of these books can be downloaded at no charge at the list-of-books page on the Defrauding America Internet site.

For those who want a deeper understanding of the pattern of corruption in government offices, from 1950 to the present date, of which today's conduct in government offices and covert operations is simply an extension, check the Defrauding America Internet site.