We have not been fans in the past of corporate “journalists” like former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, understanding implicitly that their privileged positions compromise their fundamental integrity.
So my eyes goggled at hearing Rather, the archetypal corporate anchor saying this on NPR yesterday morning;
“…connections, most of them secret connections, between huge international corporate conglomerates and Washington power, whether it be in the hands of Democrats or Republicans, and its influence on what news Americans get”.
You will recall that Rather was shitcanned from CBS News after he ran a story critical of G.W. Bush’s “military service” that centered around documents that conservative pundits claimed, without any evidence were forgeries. Rather was fired even though, according to this same NPR story, the forgery charges remain unproven.
Still, it is gratifying to hear, straight from the mouth of a former insider that the major news outlets in this country are wholly owned by the powers that be.
It confirms the soundness of our view that our 200+ year old Republican experiment is indeed at an end, and needs to be redeemed or abolished, in order that the blessings of Liberty may return.
The Right Way To Think About Corporate Media
"Friends" Isn't So Funny Now, Is It?
Some friends and I were just discussing this - we all agreed that the proper way to think about NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, or anything else connected to General Electric is that it should generally be treated as if it were being beamed to earth from the Death Star;
“The Death Star was the code name of an unspeakably powerful and horrific weapon developed by the Empire. The immense space station carried a weapon capable of destroying entire planets. The Death Star was to be an instrument of terror, meant to cow treasonous worlds with the threat of annihilation. While the massive station is evidence of the evil that was the Galactic Empire, it was also proof of the New Order’s greatest weakness — the belief that technology and terror were superior to the will of oppressed beings fighting for freedom.”
Also see this hilarious “Schoolhouse Rock” -style parody about corporate media;
Conspiracy Theory Rock