So what will now emerge as the dominant propaganda arm of the Left?
Someone with a greater grasp of the era may correct me, but my recollection is that the major networks have been running interference for the Democrats, and more broadly, Leftist causes in general, since the late 60’s.
Cronkite’s Tet offensive lies may have been the Sweet Sixteen party, but the overblown Watergate fiasco was the debutante ball.
Precisely. Watergate was a coup d’état by the media.
......So what will now emerge as the dominant propaganda arm of the Left?......
Excellant question. I too would like to know the answer.
It is my understanding that it will be the Blogs. The problem seems to be however that like the ill fated Air America radio network, the rank and file won’t tune in and won’t really follow them with regularity.
I’ve always surmised that the MSM’s reign of cultural terror really started with the 1960 election, when media leaders (mostly leftist to start with) saw that JFK had been elected largely by his TV image.
They realized the real extent of their power and exploited it for all it was worth. Generations of lefties have followed, solidifying 60s “new left” dogma as the default position for the professional media, but their day will soon be over.