On Feb 28, 2005, at 7:27 PM, Bill Arnold wrote:
> Didn't I point to a Pew link that says 8% are "very interested",
> compared to 38% "very interested" in Iraq? No, it's not about money,
> it's about "attention diversion".
>
> I do agree that the media is definitely after money, but that's only
> one
> part of two. The other is political power, although I suppose it could
> be argued they are one and them same. Nevertheless, it's wrong, wrong,
> a
> thousand times wrong. The media is a "public trust" and they have
> violated that trust beyond comprehension.
There is no public trust in the eyes of the current Administration.
They are engaged in a full-blown effort to turn the press into the Bush
Propaganda Machine.
So far what we know is that they have created fake news reports that
speak highly favorably of Bush agenda items, and released them as if
they were actual objective new reports. They have bribed numerous
columnists to write their propaganda for them. They have planted a fake
reporter in the White House in a breach of all security protocols, and
used him to a) lob slanted questions to Bush and McClellan and b) leak
information regarding undercover CIA operatives in order to harm those
who dare speak out against the Administration. They are now also using
the FCC as a weapon, too, threatening any station that does not silence
voices speaking out against the Administration with huge fines for
events that happened years ago.
This is just what we *know* about their activities. What's likely is
that this is the proverbial tip of the iceberg.
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