[Cboldt]

I think MSM has been controlled by the government for decades, with authorized dissent being in the mix to give the illusion that in total, the public was given the truth, or at least the ability to find it. Anything outside of authorized dissent (e.g., Limbaugh is INSIDE of "authorized dissent") is ridiculed and put in the nutcase conspiracy bucket. Not disallowed or banned, just summarily marginalized.

For all we know, 50% of the public subscribes to the supposedly marginalized points of view. The "approved" messengers would never admit being directed by anything other than a search for truth, but at bottom, EVERYBODY says that, so it's literally a throw-away self-promotion line.

Beware them showing the evidence too. See Dan Rather TxANG forgery and Obama's forged BC.

Misrepresenting facts is "the rule," in my experience, having compared summary reports with the law they cover, or with statements actually made.

[txhurl]

We may see new ‘green shoots’ of conservative, or at least truthful, media soon if Mockingbird really was knee-capped.

That is, media becoming a true marketplace of ideas.

[grey_whiskers]

Misrepresenting facts is "the rule," in my experience, having compared summary reports with the law they cover, or with statements actually made.

See also the Gell-Mann amnesia effect...