Was US press in 'coma' during drive to war with Iraq? : http://tinyurl.com/8papy
-asks a South African paper. No, owned by gazillionaires who backed Bush and Co. American media is a vast right wing conspiracy. Check out the article I linked the other day on the rise of the 'patriotic journalist'. There's no such thing as a patriotic journalist. A PJ is a propagandist. Someone mentioned the other day that their father-in-law said "FOX NEWS tells me everything an American wants to hear." That's it. Journalism as validation of prejudice rather than information. Right wing 'snarling head' radio is the same thing. "Mega dittoes, Rush." There are millions of people running around parroting what someone else tells them to think under the impression they're thinking for themselves. I can't figure it. I've never been able to fool myself like that.
And look at who these 'opinion makers' are. High School drop outs, failed sportscasters(high on pain pills), tabloid TV hosts, celebrity journalists, etc.; while real journalists and public intellectuals are shunted to the sidelines. Thank goodness the internet got out of the control of the VRWC(Vast...).
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