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To: Tolik
the rise of advocacy journalism

Likely followed by the rise of state controlled "jounalism," if Obama is elected.

70 posted on 10/31/2008 10:09:35 AM PDT by unspun (Pray and Work! - http://www.etpv.org/whatsnew.html)
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To: unspun
Likely followed by the rise of state controlled "jounalism," if Obama is elected.

I would argue that what we've had for the past forty or so years has been precisely that. Think about it. Has not the Drive-By Media been one of the biggest cheerleaders of all for Big Government? The State had no need to "control" the media. The media acted as their flacks.

71 posted on 10/31/2008 10:23:09 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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