[lbo-talk] FYI: FAIR on the Media Cheer for "Non-Ideological" Centrists

[Fernando Cassia]

"Corporate media are largely cheering Barack Obama's early appointment 
of Clinton-era centrists. Many of these nominees have a distinct record 
of support for the corporate-friendly NAFTA trade pact, gutting public 
assistance programs under the guise of welfare "reform," and pushing 
various deregulatory policies in the financial sector (including the 
elimination of the Glass-Steagall Act). Yet, to hear the media tell it, 
Obama's centrist appointees inhabit an ideology-free political zone."

Full post here...
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3655