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To: Lane3 who wrote (1257)	12/16/2000 11:26:19 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

I think the right wingers' constant complaints of a liberal media are to distract people from this real issues, and to be able go for "plausable deniability" when some truth leaks out. "Oh, there goes that liberal media again, saying silly things like american tax dollars are financing fascist death squads. What will that liberal media think up next? Who can believe anything they say? Blah blah..." Visit projectcensored.org and pick a year - see what issues the "liberal media" have been ignoring. Here's one from the past: =============== ROHNERT PARK -- The top censored story of 1992 revealed how the nation's major news media traded their traditional adversarial watchdog role for profits and deregulation during the Reagan/Bush era according to a national panel of media experts. Carl Jensen, professor of communication studies at Sonoma State University, California, and founder/director of Project Censored, said the media sell-out story, written by nationally acclaimed media critic Ben Bagdikian, also explained why a number of other critical issues were overlooked, under-reported, or censored in 1992. Project Censored, a national media research effort now in its 17th year, locates stories about significant issues that are not widely publicized by the national news media. Following are the top ten under-reported stories of 1992: Back to top 1. THE GREAT MEDIA SELL-OUT Sources: MOTHER JONES Date: May/June 1992 Title: "Journalism of Joy" Author: Ben Bagdikian In the past decade, the Reagan/Bush administrations gave print and electronic media owners in America "permission" to create giant, monopolistic media empires. In return, the media looked the other way while the administrations committed high crimes and misdemeanors and then lied about it. =============== projectcensored.org Also check out americanreview.net ... Mezz - The Myth of a LIberal media could be a whole 'nother thread topic. If someone starts one, let me know; I'll rant there too. :)