Yay! U.S.A. now rates 46th in press freedom! - RWB (Reporters Without Borders)

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13. We used to laugh at the Soviet newspaper Pravda, which means "Truth," for all the lies it told

and now we have Fox News, and every newspaper turned into a grocery store tabloid. The standards of gossip columns took over all of journalism. "Reporters" now just look for a juicy quote, but never, ever try to verify the content of the quote. You know, except on the comedy shows where they point out the hypocrisies for the humor value. Journalists used to have a motto, "If your mother says she loves you--check it out."

Dick Cheney says to Wolf Blitzer, "You've got to deal with the reality on the ground." (1/24/2007) And Blitzer doesn't call him on the absurdity of HIM saying that. You have to wait for Jon Stewart to show video clips of Cheney clearly and repeatedly substituting his wishful thinking for anything close to the "reality on the ground." Wolf Blitzer kept a straight face and just moved on to his next programmed question.