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marjaerwin) wrote2010-10-03 08:31 pm
marjaerwin) wrote2010-10-03 08:31 pm
The military spends billions on influencing the press ...
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20101003215610115
And, as we learned before the Iraq War, the press repeats the government's stories without taking the time to separate fact from fiction.
You can't have a free society without a free press. You can't have a free press unless it is independent of the power structures. In America, the press is only too eager to report state and corporate propaganda for its stories, and too reluctant to question the official story.
And, as we learned before the Iraq War, the press repeats the government's stories without taking the time to separate fact from fiction.
You can't have a free society without a free press. You can't have a free press unless it is independent of the power structures. In America, the press is only too eager to report state and corporate propaganda for its stories, and too reluctant to question the official story.