wake-up time for the media whores
most americans, in child-like naïveté and brain-washed stupor believe their media to be liberal and biased. it's simply not true... quite the contrary. to make matters worse, since the yellow-press-like coverage of the lewinsky affair and the attempted coup d'état by reactionaries, the american mainstream press has even forgotten how to practice its trade. the coverage of the balkan war was frightening and since 2000 we've been in the twilight zone: journalists and their outfits were simply not fact-checking the current administration.yet there were signs of hope this week. eric alterman and michael tomasky provide some analysis and five suggestions for how the fourth estate can stop the charade.
and more: honeymoon over - bush has gotten friendly press up until now. these days, things have changed.
