The selling of the mainstream media: A threat to American democracy
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by Deb Della Piana
http://www.opednews.com
Thomas Jefferson once said, “Our citizens may be deceived for a while, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.” For the past eight years, George W. Bush has been breaking both national and international laws with reckless abandon and lying repeatedly to Congress and the American people. He has started two ill-advised wars and authorized the torture of detainees from those wars. He has admitted to illegally spying on his own citizens. He has vetoed several pieces of legislation designed to improve the lives of low- and middle-class Americans, calling them fiscally irresponsible. Yet, he’s spending at least $12 billion per month on the illegal, no-win war in Iraq and is borrowing money from other nations to do so. In spite of all this, there is not much light being shone on this administration from the mainstream media.
There’s always a “honeymoon” period for a newly elected president, but President Bush’s honeymoon has gone on for eight years. The last journalist I remember challenging Bush on anything substantive was veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas. During a televised press conference, she had a heated discussion with President Bush about the war in Iraq. His irritation at her was palpable. It was almost as if she had no business challenging him. For the most part, however, the mainstream media uses ‘big picture’ journalism when covering the Bush administration. This approach allows our government to do exactly as it pleases because nobody is paying attention to the details. This is what President Bush and his minions are counting on.
http://www.opednews.com
Thomas Jefferson once said, “Our citizens may be deceived for a while, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.” For the past eight years, George W. Bush has been breaking both national and international laws with reckless abandon and lying repeatedly to Congress and the American people. He has started two ill-advised wars and authorized the torture of detainees from those wars. He has admitted to illegally spying on his own citizens. He has vetoed several pieces of legislation designed to improve the lives of low- and middle-class Americans, calling them fiscally irresponsible. Yet, he’s spending at least $12 billion per month on the illegal, no-win war in Iraq and is borrowing money from other nations to do so. In spite of all this, there is not much light being shone on this administration from the mainstream media.
There’s always a “honeymoon” period for a newly elected president, but President Bush’s honeymoon has gone on for eight years. The last journalist I remember challenging Bush on anything substantive was veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas. During a televised press conference, she had a heated discussion with President Bush about the war in Iraq. His irritation at her was palpable. It was almost as if she had no business challenging him. For the most part, however, the mainstream media uses ‘big picture’ journalism when covering the Bush administration. This approach allows our government to do exactly as it pleases because nobody is paying attention to the details. This is what President Bush and his minions are counting on.
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