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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 10K a day who wrote (3147)	5/21/2005 10:59:54 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 9838

This is my favorite part A reader recently suggested this formula: Monopoly plus discretion minus accountability equals corruption. That kind of corruption can be found not only in the mainstream media but also in two of our most important institutions, the public schools and the federal courts. Both the schools and the courts flatter themselves that their job is to change society. So do many in the media. But what qualifies these people to be world-changers? They are usually poorly informed about science, uninformed about history and misinformed about economics. And who elected them to change the world while pretending to be doing something else and betraying their trust?