>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.
I'm not sure it's that structured - I think the reactions of the likes of Williams were more spontaneous than that. I'll be very interested to see how things shake out in the coming weeks, though - has the bourgeoisie finally turned on W?
Doug