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   III. Human Rights in Name, Hegemonism In Reality
 II. Confusing Right and Wrong and Calling Protection An "Abuse" of Human Rights
 I. Distorting Facts to Deceive the World Public Opinion
 III. Distorting Freedom and Vilifying China
 II. Cooking Up Charges by Hook or by Crook
 I. Playing the Same Old Trick by Repeating Fabrications
 V. Wantonly violating human rights of other countries
 IV. Rights and interests of women and children violated
 III. Serious problems of racial discrimination
 II. Infringement on citizens' economic and social rights
 I. Civil, political rights endangered
 VI. Waging War Frequently and Rampantly Infringing Upon Human Rights of Other Countries
 V. Racial Discrimination Prevails, Minorities Ill-Treated
 IV. Gender Discrimination & Ill-treatment of Children
 III. Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor and Deteriorating Situation of Worker's Economic and Social Rights
 II. Rampant Violence and Arbitrary Judicial System Are Jeopardizing the freedom and lives of US citizens
 I. American Democracy - a Myth, Political Rights Infringed
 VI. Wantonly Infringing upon Human Rights of Other Countries
 V. Deep-Rooted Racial Discrimination
 IV. Worrying Conditions for Women and Children
 III. Plight of the Poor, Hungry and Homeless
 II. Serious Rights Violations by Law Enforcement Departments
 I. Lack of Safeguard for Life, Freedom and Personal Safety
 VIII. Double Standards in International Field of Human Rights
 VII. Blunt Violations of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. Deep-rooted Racial Discrimination
 V. Women and Children are in Worrisome Situation
 IV. Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness
 III. Money-driven Democracy
 II. Serious Human Rights Violation by Law Enforcement Officials
 I. Ineffective Protection of Life and Security of Person
 Foreword
 VI. On Infringement upon Human Rights of Other Nations
 V. On Conditions of Women, Children and Elderly People
 IV. On Racial Discrimination  
 III. On Living Conditions of US Laborers  
 II. On Political Rights and Freedom  
 I. On Life, Freedom and Personal Safety
 Foreword
 VI. On the Infringement of Human Rights of Foreign Nationals
 V. On The Rights of Women and Children
 IV. On Racial Discrimination
 III. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 II. On Political Rights and Freedom
 I. On Life, Liberty and Security of Person
 Foreword
 VII. On the United States' Violation of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. On Rights of Women and Children
 V. On Racial Discrimination
 IV. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 III. On Political Rights and Freedom
 II. On Infringements upon Human Rights by Law Enforcement and Judicial Organs
 I. On Life and Security of Person
 VII. On the United States' Violation of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. On the Rights of Women, Children, the Elderly and the Disabled
 V. On Racial Discrimination
 IV. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 III. On Civil and Political Rights
 II. On Human Rights Violations by Law Enforcement and Judicial Departments
 I. On Life, Property and Security of Person
 Foreword

 
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III. Money-driven Democracy
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Boasting itself to be the "model of democracy", the United States has been trying hard to sell to the world its mode of democracy.

In fact, American "democracy" has always been democracy of the rich, a small number of the population. Just as an article in the International Herald Tribute of the January 24, 2002 issue says, "The American problem is domination of politics by money."

The dominant role of money in American politics has been very obvious, and elections have in fact been turned into races of money.

During the midterm elections in 2002, spending on campaigning TV advertising amounted to 900 million US dollars, surpassing that for the presidential election in 2000.

According to an analysis made by the Associated Press based of data from the Federal Election Commission, in the 2002 midterm elections 95 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives and 75 percent of the seats in the Senate went to candidates who had spent the most in campaigning.

In a report filed on August 30, 2002, AP said President George W. Bush, in order to win control of the House and the Senate, cashed in on his cachet to raise donations for midterm elections of his Republicans, and collected 110 million US dollars for three GOP candidates in Oklahoma and Arkansas, setting records in campaign cash raising ("Bush raises nearly $110 million for Republicans, setting record", Aug. 30, 2002, Sun).

Election of judges in the United States is also like a race of money. In the year of 2000, judge candidates in only two states bought TV advertising, whereas during the midterm elections in 2002, chief justice candidates in nine states bought TV commercials.

"Money politics" has made more and more American people lose interest in political participation.

Statistics show the United States has experienced declining voter turnout in presidential election years for about four decades.

Measured against the voting age population, turnout in presidential election years fell from its high of 62.8 percent in 1960 to an estimated 51.2 percent in 2000.

In contrast, 60 percent of eligible voters shunned the midterm elections in 2002, leaving the voter turnout at 40 percent.

A survey of minority voters in three cities of California showed almost all the surveyed were fed up with the fact that money can buy over politics and were not interested in political participation.

Asian American voters reckon money had too much influence over politics, which is unfair; African Americans and Hispanics felt being shut out of the door of politics and had become its victims.

The United States has been flaunting its "freedom of the press," but it met with criticism from many sides in 2002 in this respect.

In an annual report published on Feb. 21, 2002, the International Press Institute accused the United States of violating freedom of the press and said it is the most astonishing event of 2001 that the way the Bush administration treated the work of the media during the Afghan war and the practices of the Bush administration attempting to suppress freedom of speech by independent media (Vienna, Feb. 21, 2002, AFP).

Two senior journalists with the Washington Post wrote in their book entitled "The News About The News: American Journalism In Peril" that practices of pursuing profits have destroyed the sense of mission of the journalistic community of the United States, and believed an overwhelming majority of media owners and publishing businessmen forced newspaper editors and TV news executives to concentrate on profits as opposed to quality of coverage (New York, March 29, 2002, AP).

In its annual report published on May 2, 2002, Reporters Without Borders exposed since September 11 attacks, the United States has exerted pressure on the journalistic community in the war against terrorism, which has restricted freedom of the press (Paris, May 2, 2002, EFE).

On August 6, 2002, a major news organ in the United States published a survey showing the public wanting the media to "shut up".

The survey found among the respondents, 69 percent believe the media is biased, and over two thirds of them read news reports with disbelief.   

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