The debate on the role that media should play to promote social justice is raised, once again, as the criticism towards the new “Keep America Safe” campaign grow. This week Liz Cheney appeared in the O’Reilly factor talking about the group’s new promotional video. In the video (that was aired in O’Reilly’s show) nine lawyers in Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department are called the "al-Qaida Seven," and accused of working in the "Department of Jihad." In the interview Liz Cheney, accused Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, a man that is still pending trial, of “killing Americans.” This is a violation of Omar Khadr human right to a fair trial by an impartial court, the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
writes an article for Slate explaining the implications of Cheney’s words and the threat they represent for the core of fundamental rights upheld by the American Bill of Rights.
This is a classic example of a dilemma between protecting Cheney’s freedom of expression or protecting Omar Khadr right for an impartial trial, or the lawyers' from defamation. Can accusations that could impact a man's trial be aired in television? Should the media publicly condemn these rights' violations?
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