Tragic. My dear mom&dad believe nothing if it isn't published in the NYT. Me, I feel like that is an office building that should be left empty-it is already full of echoes, not substance. I cannot imagine how the reporters of the major news organs even sleep at night. I do imagine they are actually afraid, and may know more than we do-and keep their mouths shut just like the many government employees who probably have knowledge of what REALLY happened leading up to and following the events of 9/11. Shame. Shame. Shame.

My contempt for this worm knows no bounds.

As regards modern day "journalism" my rule is this: if nobody is fired, it means that they are doing their job. So. Was anyone fired for supporting the trumped-up invasion of Iraq? No. Therefore their job was supporting the trumped-up invasion of Iraq.

We don't HAVE "journalism" any more folks. Well, not in the mainstream press. The monopolization of the mass media has turned the mass media into mere corporate communications for the most powerful corporations... so if they want a war - say if GE wants to sell more military equipment - then a war shall be manufactured.

The mass media is nothing but propaganda.

There IS a solution. We CAN try to compel our legislators to enforce EXISTING anti-trust laws (there's the trick - they already exist. Such laws could not presently be passed of course) against the media giants. Slim chance? Sure, what isn't? At least it's a chance.

Bill Moyers:

"Objective journalism means describing the object being reported on, including the malfeasance, deceits, hypocrisy and lies of powerful people."

Bill Keller:

Our goal at The New York Times is to almost get it right.

In 2004, New York Times learned that George W. Bush had spied on American citizens illegally, without warrants. The editors at the Times decided not to run the story until after the election was over because they thought it might have an effect on the outcome. They openly admit to this. They openly admit to rigging the election for Bush. There are no limits to what the New York Times editors will do to undermine our democracy.

When one is lying, it is not about being mistaken.

My wife will never admit she doesn't know something, only conceding that she's "not sure" about it.
She reads the NYT "sometimes."

The Senator who headed up the Senate Intelligence Committee which did a 9/11 investigation on its own, then sent the data to The 9/11 Commission, recently on The Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC, called for a new 9/11 investigation.

Go figure. Journalism is all mavericky and rogue any more.

What a bastard. How many lives could have been saved had this "Newspaper Of Record" done it's job. Unforgettable and unforgivable.

His whole "apology" is weasel words. Anyone with a functioning brain knew there was no connection. What really gets my goat is liars (e.g. the Washington Compost) who try to pretend that "no one said there was no connection". There was, but the media pretended we didn't exist.

The media played along and sold the lie because they were more worried about their careers, about maintaining access to politicians and "not being shut out" of press conferences. Nearly every writer for everey commercial media outlet is guilty of complicity and willingly "catapulting the propaganda" for George Bu**sh** and his regime.

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These Media Whore presstitutes are crucial in selling the LIES of War and should be held responsible once the war crimes tribunals begin.
The mainstream media War cheerleaders are vile scum.