The Myth of Our "Liberal" Media

Dec 16, 2013 17:21

Whoever has made observation on the characters of nations will find it generally true that the manners of a nation, or of a party, can be better ascertained from the character of its press than from any other public circumstance.

-Thomas Paine

Once again, I tripped over a tired trope tossed like a caltrop on an online discussion, the myth that ( Read more... )

message v. media, culture of whores, x-post!, what democracy?

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csue_n_moo December 18 2013, 01:35:36 UTC
I do love me some Upton Sinclair. :>

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peristaltor December 25 2013, 22:54:29 UTC
The Wife™ chuckled as I read The Brass Check, as I was curled up on the reading chair like a schoolgirl reading Tiger Beat, parted smile with the occasional Squee! of delight at a good passage.

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