[cchandler]

I still think this is one of the greatest bits Ayn Rand wrote:

Ellsworth Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us."

Howard Roark: "But I don't think of you."

Simple, but VERY effective.

[TheCrusader]

"It's always been difficult, because journalists continually adapt their approaches to maximize insult and injury. Sometimes they try to imply guilt by association. Other times they report rumors and innuendo as fact. They often underreport or completely ignore stories that favor the Administration, and then over-hype anything that can be seen as damaging."

This is beautiful writing, because it penetrates and exposes the dark techniques employed by the lying, agenda-driven media. It also reveals just how easy it is for a corrupt media to 'create' the news rather than report it. Finally, because the media is such a powerful force in shaping people's minds, it begs the question, "what can be done to help guarantee media impartiality, evenhandedness and fidelity to the truth?".

[MikeHu]

Your blog is very good -- very well-thought out, well-researched and well-written.

The mainstream media won't publish you because it would make them look bad. It's the same with all the good writers in the world. The only way the mainstream media can maintain their monopoly is to suppress all the other writing out there. It works for a while but then one day the dam breaks and they just get swept away. The smart thing to have done would be to let talent in the door instead of trying to protect their turf. So they have nobody who's any good on their side anymore -- nobody worth a damn!