[GOPJ]

Carlson is far less kind about his colleagues in the press. “They're all fearful people,” the 54-year-old scoffs. Instead of holding the powerful to account, “they do exactly the opposite.” Indeed, “they do their bidding.”

When the press went thought their big 'downsizing' in the 80's they filled in the gaps by taking more information from DNC war rooms, intelligence thugs (disgruntled FBI like Deep Throat) and less from investigavive reporters. The result? They became dependent on the folks feeding them... dependent on folks who could cut them off. Dependent on folks with an ax to grind. Bad toxic incentives for a free press.

[cephalopod]

Interesting thoughts, and I think accurate. Add to that the ever-trending to the left of the universities training them, you have a propaganda machine.