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Welcome to This Generation's Joseph McCarthy ...
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16489-welcome-to-this-generations-joseph-mccarthyBack in the 1950's, our media was required by law and FCC regulations to perform the "public service" of giving us real news.
As a result, journalists could tell the truth, and not just rehash the talking points handed out by the higher-ups in the morning meeting or handed down from the Party bosses.
The media was able to call out lawmakers like McCarthy, who had clearly overstepped his bounds, and wasted countless tax dollars and man-hours on personal vendettas and never-ending conspiracy witch-hunts.
Let's fast forward to today.
Holder's comments should have triggered a media firestorm over Congressman Issa and his time in Washington, but they didn't. They should have been the front-page headline on the New York Times, but they weren't. They should have led the evening TV newscasts, and instead were largely ignored.
It's time for the media to start telling the truth about the history, corruption, and raw, naked political ambition of this generation's Joseph McCarthy, Congressman Darrell Issa.
