The Emperor's New Hump (The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the W election)

[Bainbridge Bear]

33. Yes, thank you, New York Times

the so-called Paper of Record, for helping the Bush Regime to lie us into the "war" in Iraq and elsewhere and to keep Wubya from being held accountable for his despicable cheating during the debates. I was just watching the 1992 documentary "Manufacturing Consent" last night and one scene featured a senior editor at the Times telling the interviewer that Noam Chomsky's assertion that news is manufactured and selected to serve the agenda of the elites and corporate interests was nonsense. The film also stated that the media was controlled by 22 large conglomerates. Those were the days! That number has been pared down to only 5 or 6. I don't trust any of those papers anymore and I certainly won't pay for them. Imagine this. We get better news from two comedians named Stewart and Colbert and from Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! plus the excellent online sources than the papers that used to practice real journalism. The Washington Post probably wouldn't go near the Watergate expose these days. The era of "Uncle" Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, is gone.