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The worst, sleaziest press corps possible
ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross discovers that "Hillary Clinton spent the night in the White House on the day her husband had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky."
Glenn Greenwald [2008-03-19]

  • The Historical Context

    As Atrios says, there never was a Golden Age of Journalism.

    Google the good old days of Yellow Journalism and the battling Citizen Kanes, Hearst and Pulitzer. Remember The Maines. Good times.

    Everyone should read this by that Carl Bernstein:

    Originally published in Rolling Stone, October 20, 1977.

    How Americas Most Powerful News Media Worked Hand in Glove with the Central Intelligence Agency and Why the Church Committee Covered It Up

    THE CIA AND THE MEDIA

    BY CARL BERNSTEIN

    http://tmh.floonet.net/articles/cia_press.html

    And from TNR before the first Fabulist was exposed:

    “J-school Ate My Brain,” By Michael Lewis, Senior Editor, The New Republic, July, 1993, Pg. 5,

    http://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/MediaCultureUVM/jschool_critique.html

    It was common practice to use the press overseas in the information warfare role, it has become common to use it in that manner domestically on the American people.

    http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&folder=2053&paper=2550

    Add in the repeal of the fairness doctrine, corporate consolidation, the decision to make newsrooms profitable, they used to all be a write off and lose money...

    And remember, there never was a golden age and now it really does suck.

    -- Settembrini
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    Thursday, March 20, 2008 02:25 AM
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