Someone really ought to do a comparative study of this administration and the propaganda techniques of Nazi Germany. Karl Rove owes a lot to Joseph Goebbels.
Once Hitler and his minions took power, they took total control of all news media. Nothing was published that wasn't sanctioned by the Nazi regime. And that's analogous to modern-day America precisely how? I'm sure the New York Times would be interested to learn that they're a propaganda tool of Karl Rove and the Bush administration.
The problem with facile comparisons is that they're facile comparisons. If this sort of stuff is what Shortell traffics in, one wonders how he was able to make it through undergraduate school. On the other hand, maybe there's no need for wonder...