Wed 21 Jul 2010
Corporate Media Discover Private Spies. In Other News, No WMD in Iraq
Posted by k under DemocracyNo Comments
The misplaced hype surrounding the Post series speaks volumes to the ahistorical nature of US media culture. Next week, if the New York Times published a story on how there were no WMDs in Iraq, there would no doubt be cable news shows that would act like it was an earth-moving revelation delivered by Moses on the stone tablet of exclusive, groundbreaking journalism. (more…)