[lbo-talk] restrictions on media in NO

Lionel Mandrake brotherlyshove at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 9 15:14:46 PDT 2005


--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> [Williams always seemed like a tightass servant of
> power but was
> amazingly sharp on the Daily Show last night. I
> wonder how long the
> media will stay so energized.]

The media are still serving power. It's just that power has shifted. Strategic and philosophical differences between a depraved and unbelievably reckless set of oligarchs and the merely predatory are now irreconcilable. Put more simply -- the level of incompetence and corruption Bush represents is a serious threat to everybody -- including the folks who write Williams check. With the media having abandoned the sinking ship, he's toast. Once the shakeout is over, the mainstream media -- having improved its tarnished image with this little exercise -- will go back to the usual business of capitalist cheerleading and sensationalist distraction.

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