AZPaul3 writes:
Keep in mind this does not mean we MUST criticize the president and that we MUST oppose him at everything he does.
C'mon AZPaul3, I don't think Roosevelt was talking about a president's choice of a tie's colour.
AZPaul3 writes:
It also seems to be a major portion of the press's stance no matter who is president regardless of what is being done.
Wow, what cheese are you smoking? Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky describe the U.S. mass media as, essentially, stenographers of power. Corporate news has become an unquestioning spokesperson for the white house. if only america had corporate media that protected the civil rights, liberties, international laws and treaties, and constitutional law when a president lied or acted criminally. Instead americans live in darkness with state-protected secrets like the Obama's/NSA's wire tapping and the Pacific Free Trade Agreements that secure only the investor's rights. Sheesh, if only one corporate media giant courageously reported that Bush Jr. was lying americans into invading Iraq, maybe a million innocent deaths would have been avoided. Roosevelt wasn't talking about being oppositional ALL the time, but, surely, being vigilant, questioning authority ALL the time.
An educated citizenry is essential to democracy. If you believe that Faux News, CNN, or any other corporate media is currently fulfilling a service for the people, and not the state power, you have the mindset like, sadly, 99% of americans.
quote:
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
― Thomas Jefferson