tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8179901507752474235..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: Show Us Your Tits!driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-92108675646186673612013-05-27T13:52:52.672-05:002013-05-27T13:52:52.672-05:00Hilarious! Oh but what a true history could actual...Hilarious! Oh but what a true history could actually be written. Obviously the blue print would start with the thesis from Manufacturing Consent - and then tell the story of the descent into the gutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26975596633042955182013-05-26T14:29:19.953-05:002013-05-26T14:29:19.953-05:00Started long before the fall of the Berlin Wall. H...Started long before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hell, started before Watergate, and used that brief "golden age" as "proof" that the "liberal media" were anti-capitalist (and thus Soviet fifth-columnists) and anti-American. At best dupes of Soviet propaganda, at worst active agents of The Evil Empire That Will Enslave Us All If You So Much As Blink(tm). <br /><br />Mix that with corporate consolidation, careerism, the rise of teevee journalists as highly-paid quasi-celebrities themselves, intimidation of those who can't "get with the program", knead thoroughly, leaven with budget cuts to reporting staffs outside of the celebrities, and frost with insider status. <br /><br />Voila! Journalistic crap cake, served up every day, and for hours-long brunch on Sundays.JHBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-89721363244343169382013-05-26T13:19:24.937-05:002013-05-26T13:19:24.937-05:00Modern journalism is born to music from "The ...Modern journalism is born to music from "The Fog"! Very fitting.Unsalted Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388516480935688151noreply@blogger.com