So anybody else feel like the MSM thinks your stupid? Anybody else get this weird, itchy feeling as you flip from station to station searching for a different narrative? Some insight? Something vaguely resembling truth? Don't get me wrong the MSM every once in a while has amazing moments like the night the '08 election Rachel Maddow said [paraphrasing] how amazing it was to have the White House which was built by slaves inhabited by an African American family. Those moments are few. The reaction of her fellow panelists ensure that they are.
Over the last two weeks you've been told that Rob Blagovetch is a crook and Tom Daschle didn't pay his taxes. Am I the only one wondering why every single anchorperson/pundit/contributor tells me the story with the same quotes, stats, gestures and inflections? I mean I used to love you Keith Olberman but now every time you're on my screen I can only think of this http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/805561/.
It is with these frustrated questions I watched this video http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02062009/watch.html.
A round table discussion with real journalists discussing exactly what you've been talking about at work, online, over dinner without ridiculous asides i.e. leg tingles, yelling and holograms.
The video is pretty long, but you've wondered where THE WORKERS' perspective on the "Economic Crisis" has been skip to around 17:00. The panel talks about the protests that are happening around the world and how American media has ignored it.
Lastly, Greenwald and Rosen allude to an unholy alliance between Washington and the Media to keep us only superficially informed and to keep money and power securely in the hands of a select few. Hmmm...what does that sound like?
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