Letters to the Editor
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Lessons Learned
It seems as though the networks learned at least one thing during the Bush years; ignoring a story and creating a distraction tosses it down the memory hole, no matter how significant and damning the story may be. In the course of their collusion with the administration, they have learned the value of, and now obviously adopted, its techniques.
All of which would only be rational, were they, say aspiring politicians, or aggressive corporate plunderers, but they are supposed to be, albeit nominally, "News" organizations.
One would think they were concealing their roles out of embarrassment, if one were inclined to be charitable. But I think it's more accurate to say that they have sampled the prerogatives of power, including the power to deceive, and like it.
They join Dick Cheney in saying, "So?"