[mylife]

Simultaneously, changes in America’s political system — including the replacement of newspapers and magazines by television as the dominant medium of communication~

Hoo Boy! you would think that Albore "the inventor of the internet" would toss it a bone as the new media source.

[mylife]

Some news media organizations now present showmen masquerading as political thinkers who package hatred and divisiveness as entertainment. And as in times past, that has proved to be a potent drug in the veins of the body politic. Their most consistent theme is to label as “socialist” any proposal to reform exploitive behavior in the marketplace.

Butthead is on the ropes.