DC writes:
A tiny note of dissent from all the wailing and gnashing of teeth:
I think it might be sort of refreshing actually to have the corporate sponsors of some of the bilge that passes for advertising clearly advertised: this round of mudslinging is wholly financed by Really Large Corporation! It might save people a step in digging up how to follow the money and truth in advertising would be so refreshing.
JG sez:
Before I composed my post I gave the "truth in labeling" clause a moment's consideration. But only
to a limited extent does propaganda work through the credibility (or lack thereof) of sources and the
authority (or lack thereof) of argument. To the degree that it does, the megaphone effect of the SC
ruling will outdo it. I'm not sure the ruling is a watershed event (given the already sham condition of
US capitalist democracy) but I'd be hard pressed to paint it positively.
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