Its sad but the MSM has increasingly become a source of disinformation and propaganda rather than truth. Once upon a time, they used to serve the interests of the American people, even if it was often labeled “yellow journalism”. Now, its all spin, spin, spin for their various masters.
Thank G-D for Drudge, Freerepublic, & WND.
i hope that there wasn’t any pc fear for the agent, i.e. must get hurt first before i shoot, even in fear for life
Actually, the dissemination of disinformation and propaganda through the media has been going on for a very, very long time, probably well over 100 years. Up until the past 10 years or so there just haven't been alternative news sources with the ability to reach the masses. The difference now is there are alternative news outlets that, thanks to the Internet, can easily reach millions of people. It's just not that easy for the Drive-by Media to fool people anymore. It's the genie that got out of the bottle when the Internet went public, or the law of unintended consequences at work......take your pick.
Its sad but the MSM has increasingly become a source of disinformation and propaganda rather than truth.”
John Swinton, the former Chief of Staff for the New York Times, was one of America’s best loved newspapermen. Called by his peers “The Dean of his Profession”, John was asked in 1953 to give a toast before the New York Press Club, and in so doing made a monumentally important and revealing statement. He is quoted as follows:
“There is no such thing, at this date of the world’s history, in America as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print.
I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with.
Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job.
If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone.
The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.”