Our captive media
AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo
04/27/07
That the media is the handmaiden of power in 21st America comes as no surprise: after all, this is what decadence is all about — a quest for comfort above any principle, and safety (especially career safety) above all. In any age or era, cowardice is the rule rather than the exception: in a truly decadent society, however, bravery is almost unknown — and, in any case, atavistic individuals likely to exhibit it are almost entirely excluded the higher up one travels in the social hierarchy. The worst rise to the top, while the best achieve only obscurity — until the society is so top-heavy with venality that the whole structure is in danger of collapsing...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10881
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Moyers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
by Justin Raimondo
04/27/07
That the media is the handmaiden of power in 21st America comes as no surprise: after all, this is what decadence is all about — a quest for comfort above any principle, and safety (especially career safety) above all. In any age or era, cowardice is the rule rather than the exception: in a truly decadent society, however, bravery is almost unknown — and, in any case, atavistic individuals likely to exhibit it are almost entirely excluded the higher up one travels in the social hierarchy. The worst rise to the top, while the best achieve only obscurity — until the society is so top-heavy with venality that the whole structure is in danger of collapsing...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10881
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Moyers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
rudkla - 27. Apr, 15:48
