Where is the Outrage? (tvnewslies.org analysis)

[Catchawave]

I believe this was written before the election....before Gannongate too :)


http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/the_pitiful_press_corps_.html

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Because of the capitulation of the Press Corpse, and the abdication of its historic role, tens of millions of Americans are dangerously ill equipped to make a truly informed choice in the voting booth.

A myriad of terribly important questions have never been asked of George Bush at press conferences that never materialized. They surely were not asked during the handful of staged press conferences that were held only sporadically in almost four years. No president in history has held fewer or more controlled press conferences than the present resident of the White House. And no president in history has so successfully intimidated and suppressed the media and the Press Corps. Where the hell is the outrage?
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Much more.....

[papau]

1. I agree - the media has gone silent for dollars.

:-)

[Catchawave]

2. Yes! Here's another link...

...which I wanted to use first, but the website has a really sticky copyright spew, which I've never seen before, so I didn't dare even quote from it :)

http://www.nypress.com/16/11/news&columns/cage.cfm

....I think we need to get outraged about the media before we try and fix campaigns and elections, no? yes?

[papau]

3. YES - because the campaign fix is dead if the media does not push it

:-)

[Catchawave]

4. Exactly......

::high five:: and all that stuff. So, how are we going to fix the media. Obviously, there are no passionate "writers" left with day passes, just us bloggers. Ain't life great <snork>