The days of Walter Cronkite where we believed what was written or spoken by people we had respect for in media are all but gone.
Even old Walter in later years fasely reported the events of the TET offensive in 1968, spinning his own agenda.
Americans are no longer down on the farm hanging on for and believing any bit of news from the newspaper and TV station. The internet, twitter, blogs, etc is driving the old media nuts and lowering their paper sales and ratings, we now have opposing views. Blogs like congress.org can tell us immediately how our representatives voted on key issues.
The New York Times even moved to the middle this week on the Cambrigde Gates/Crowley matter. Z06 Rocket said it best, "it's all about sales".
I used to get really upset when I would listen to the President give a broadcast speech and this BOOB would come on later and say, "now this is really what he said"
I don't get upset anymore because it's entertainment not news.
I drive my neighbor crazey
, he's an Editor for the Herald Tribune (New York Times). I cancelled my subscription "to his liberal rag" about 10 years ago. When I see him I ask if I can have his old paper, his eyes used to light up, to clean my vettes windows.
It's gotten to be a joke now.
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