Thom Hartmann: If a politician lies on corporate TV...did he really lie?

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 05:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGbbZxrZaQ   Posted on YouTube: November 23, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 92   Posted on DU: November 23, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 684

 
As long as the corporations running the networks like your politics - and as long as they depend on access to you to keep viewership up and ad revenue coming in - then you can waltz in anytime you want - spew as many lies as you want - and no "news" person will ever point it out. At most, a network may allow on a third-party "strategist" from the other side who will call out the lie. And we can't expect these campaigns to police themselves - and not lie - any more than we can expect big multinational corporations to give a damn about keeping jobs in America. The main way We The People can know the truth is through the gatekeepers known as the media - and without them - so much for having an informed electorate - one of the most important part of a healthy democracy. It's time to bring back news in the public interest. And time to promote REAL journalism - journalism that puts the facts over profits and access.

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[Quartermass]

1. The entire problem with politics these days

IS that one person's truth IS another person's lie. The group they're part of never checks their own facts but only checks the other groups' facts.

It's shameful, and I wish it would stop.