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Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press
The MSNBC TV personality attacks a British reporter for doing something "hurtful" to the powerful.
Glenn Greenwald [2008-03-08]

  • Toadies

    Thank you, thank you for so beautifully expounding on this subject.

    The subservient behavior of journalists has bothered me for years. This precious access they claim they have by deferring to the powerful's wishes gains them nothing but access. (Apparently they really enjoy the ass-kissing.)

    I blame a lot of this, at least in part, to the rise of journalism schools and journalism as a "profession." In the days when most reporters weren't even college graduates, let alone journalism/communication/print media specialists, they were outsiders and proud of it.

    Nowadays, journalists are worried about keeping their 401Ks flush. Plus they like to be in with the in crowd. They get to know the backroom stories while being the gatekeepers for the rest of us, complicit with the rich and powerful.

    This attitude has run rampant for a long time, but has really come to full bloom after 9/11, when journalists didn't want to appear to undermine the U.S. and "aid the enemy."

    Pussies.

    -- MarieA
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    Sunday, March 9, 2008 09:40 AM
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