[Robert A Cook PE]

10 or 15 years ago, the AP lies would not have occurred.

10 or 15 years ago (prior to Clinton's rise to power based on the press, when the press/liberal politicians realized THEY DID have that unbalanced power!) Blair's lies in the NY times would not have happened ....

[marktwain]

10 or 15 years ago (prior to Clinton's rise to power based on the press, when the press/liberal politicians realized THEY DID have that unbalanced power!) Blair's lies in the NY times would not have happened .... I think you are wrong on the time line. It is very difficult to be sure, but I believe that the OldDominantLiberalMedia started to realize their power when they managed to bring McCarthy down. Then they started to set the agenda, rather than report it. After reading "Silent Coup" about the Watergate affair, I came to think of Watergate as a OldDominantLiberalMedia Coup that brought down a sitting president.

I believe that we have been lied to on a regular basis for four decades or more.

[mrustow]

10 or 15 years ago, the AP lies would not have occurred. 10 or 15 years ago (prior to Clinton's rise to power based on the press, when the press/liberal politicians realized THEY DID have that unbalanced power!) Blair's lies in the NY times would not have happened ....

You're definitely on to something, though I doubt Clinton had anything to do with it. Circa 1990, affirmative action caused big-time newsrooms to reach a critical mass. However, at that point, the flexing of pc muscle involved getting jobs for manifestly incompetent blacks, females, and Hispanics, harassing white males, censoring the news, and providing uncritical coverage to black and feminist hustlers (the Tawana Brawley Hoax, the Campus Date Rape Hoax, etc.). However, the pc types taking over did not yet feel ready to simply commit journalistic fraud, as a matter of course. Now, they do.