Right on. We don't have to float huge bond issues andreinstitute the draft for this. All we really have to do is not succumb to the quislingism of Big Journalism.If the Republicans in the Senate were determined, they could undercut Big Journalism by changing the FCC statutes to eliminate the FCC's fundamental flaw - the promotion of broadcast journalism. The promotion of broadcast journalism is philosophically wrong because "objective" journalism is inherently cynical - inherently negative, inherently superficial, and inherently arrogant.
The cynicism of "objective" journalism is matched by its natural offspring - "liberal" politicians who operate on the "principle" that nothing matters but PR. To describe Bill Clinton's MO, Rush coined the phrase "symbolism over substance," which is another way of saying the same thing. In speaking to the Republican National Convention, Dick Cheney said ". . . they have not led. We will." What could be a plainer description of the campaign of John Kerry than an absolute refusal to lead? The man would not take an unambiguous stand on anything.
And that is typical of the liberal (and there is no longer other kind) Democrat; the Democratic Party doesn't want politicians to lead. The Democrats' leadership is Big Journalism. Democratic politicians merely follow.
Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate