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Bad Days for Newsrooms — and Democracy

By Chris Hedges

The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology of newsprint with the lightning speed of the Internet. It does not signal an inevitable and salutary change. It is not a form of progress. The decline of newspapers is about the rise of the corporate state, the loss of civic and public responsibility on the part… return to article

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    Well, not all newspapers are doing poorly and not all TV news is doing well.

    The dividing line between media outlets that do well and those that do poorly is quite distinct; the further Left the outlet, the worse it does.  The NYT, once one of the most respected newspapers in the world, has turned itself into an outlet for Marxist propaganda aimed at destabilizing the United States Republic and it’s values. Consequently, the NYT, it’s circulation, and it’s economic value are plummeting.  Who the hell is going to pay to read anti-American propaganda?  The Daily Worker is not doing so well, either.

    Just in the last couple of days, there was an internet blurb that media donations to the Obama campaign exceeded donations to McCain by a factor of 100.  All three network anchors accompanied Obama on his world tour, and McCain typically draws as little as one reporter and one photographer to a campaign event.  So why is the race so tight?

    Evan Thomas is a Newsweek editor and the grandson of Norman Thomas, the perennial Socialist candidate for president during the last century.  During the 2004 election, Thomas said, “The media, I think, want Kerry to win….That’s going to be worth maybe 15 points.” —Evan Thomas, “Inside Politics,” July 11, 2004.  For all I know, Thomas had the math exactly right, but Kerry still lost.

    But that is hardly surprising.  The American people have never elected a Leftist ideologue as president and Obama is the furthest Left of any major party candidate for president.  When the novelty wears off, the Obama presidential campaign will dissolve in acute boredom. 

    But the bad days for Marxist newsrooms is a wonderful time for democracy.

    United States Posted by scorp on Jul 25, 2008 at 6:32 PM
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