The media is a bunch of whores.

[Renew Deal]

Even Chris Mathews is in on it. WTF is he doing talking about Michael Jackson? WHat does that have to do with his show. Then earlier today, Inside Politics was interupted like 10 times with MJ stuff. I am so sick of this bullshit. This country will go to hell if the news isn't the news. This is the type of stuff you see in Europe. I know we love scandals but damn.

:argh:

BTW I am prediciting that MJ will be found not guilty. The prosecutor looks like a scam artist.

[muchacho]

1. market choices

War crimes...Michael Jackson...which do you suppose will pull in advertisers?

[ConsAreLiars]

10. you have it backwards (sort of)

"War crimes...Michael Jackson...which do you suppose will -- get the corporate powers to kill the messenger."

It's not about "market forces" but about corporate sponsorship. Look at who is paying the bills, and this should be clear. Remember the last time you had to make a "market decision" that would be in anyway relevant to the Enron ads, ADM, Williams, BASF, ... ads?

They don't care what you by with the few dollars of discretionary spending you control, but they do care about what you know about how they operate. THAT is worth big bucks to them and they can find people to do this work who give a good return for this investment in social control.

[redqueen]

2. This is news?

Come on... this has been the case for nearly two decades already.

[BackDoorMan]

3. On the money:

[thebigidea]

4. my dad goes ballistic when he hears "the media is"

"The media ARE! The media ARE a bunch of whores! The media never IS, the media ARE. You're the fucking media and you don't know how to speak English? What's wrong with this country?!"

Me, I don't mind so much.

[BackDoorMan]

5. Dad needs to truly with all love...needs to take a breath away and

hear Malloy...http://homepage.mac.com/benburch/WRIndex1.html

[thebigidea]

6. nah, he's more of a lefty than I am! Watching news with him is a riot

And probably why I'm such a snarky, sarcastic sort... growing up listening to this guy scream at the tv kinda got to me!

he just hates so-called "experts" on the media unable to even use the word properly in a sentence.

Since I skewer the english language like it was shish-kebab, I don't sweat it so much. This is probably why my father doesn't read my books. Then again, this is probably why no one reads my books.

[BackDoorMan]

8. Good for dad! Turn him on to Malloy anyway, he'll be blown away...

http://homepage.mac.com/benburch/WRIndex1.html

Anytime day or night, one of the last bastions we'll know.

[thebigidea]

9. oh, he's heard him. In fact, he's heard me on Malloy!

Mike was the only radio-guy to play my collages within hours of them being made. Hope he gets a new show.

[number6]

7. The media is a bunch of whores.

thats a given ....