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.