John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism
(Multimedia) It's been a week since Rolling Stone published its article on General Stanley McChrystal that eventually led to him being fired by President Obama. Since the article came out, Rolling Stone and the reporter who broke the story, Michael Hastings, have come under attack in the mainstream media for violating the so-called "ground rules" of journalism. But the investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger says Hastings was simply doing what ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu - via Tobie Openshaw (f)
It is quite comical how different 'newsy' entities have reported on the Hastings' report to best suit their corporate appellation. Even the politically uninformed shills are having trouble figuring who's who, and while generally vociferous parroting their favorite 'newsy' personalities' arguments - this one has the usual suspects stymied, because their favorite pundits are disagreeing with each other and not even positing plausible arguments. Even the dangerously disengaged are seeing the family resemblance between the corporate news establishment and politicians and their seemingly identical penchant for BS.