The MSM wasn't duped, they were just too lazy to do their jobs.

[devilgrrl]

I so sick of this already. They (MSM) have an excuse for everything, just the like the misAdministration. Which leads me to conclude that they are more dangerous to the country than the Bush Crime Family.

Sorry, I just woke up and needed to vent.

[gordianot]

1. Not duped. Not exactly lazy.

They have been very vigirous in promoting Bushco. So called MSM represent the same coporate interests that own Bushco.

I too would like to think they are lazy, suspect it is more than that.

:tinfoilhat:

[bryant69]

5. I think it's a combination of the two

I don't doubt that there are some few journalists who have thrown in with the Bush administration (Judith Miller for example), and that those reporters have been vigoursly promoting the Bush Insanity.

Their efforts help create a climate of consensous ("Well everybody i know thinks that Saddm is close to getting nukes") that the bulk of reporters, who fall under the heading of Lazy), find themselves going along with. Cause they are too lazy to figure it out.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[endarkenment]

8. Oh its worse than that.

For example, the NYT actually ran stories that debunked a lot of the propaganda that was used by the administration in the rnu up to the war, only those stories ran like on page 11 or 16 while Ms. Miller's pure crap ran on page 1. The editorial policies of the broadcast and print MSM tombstoned the good work of honest diligent reporters - the vaunted liberal media - while elevating the work of sycophants and professional liars like Miller.

The professional liars do it for ideology power and money. They get on the pundit circuit, they get the six figure salaries, the downtown condos, the lexus, the trophy wife, the vineyard vacation, they know which side is buttered and which aint.

[stanwyck]

13. totally agree with your assessment

well stated.
Thanks.

[bryant69]

14. That's the editors call though, not the reporters

But you are right a lot of editors and upper management types are very pro- Bush very pro corporation (being big corporations themselves).

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[July]

6. I have to agree with you.

They were active participants in the storytelling. Gore's suits were more important than Bush's patent lies and flubs, for example.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Lazy and complicit.

[liberalnurse]

2. My thought for the day.....

is that if we can support the MSM as being a victim to the lies, it gives them a way out....in turn...they will aline with us by actually going back to real journalism and thus exposing the *bush crime family.

I do this with caution of course.....

[Loonman]

3. I want to see people interviewed on the street give the media what for

Always remind the media how much they suck, and they're all whores for the cash money. Especially that douchebag Wolf Blitzer.

[mtnsnake]

4. There's a lot more to it than being duped or lazy

although those two things can undoubtledly be figured into the mix.

You can also figure into the equation that, with only a few recent exceptions, Democrats having done enough to bring anything to light either. Where would we be if it weren't for the efforts of strong outspoken people like Patrick Fitzgerald or Cindy? It's not all the media's fault. They were on those two people like bees on honey.

[feelthebreeze]

11. In our isolation and feelings of rage...

Always remember, it is really because of people like us, that change is occurring. We may never get our due recognition, so it is important for us, those who have fought so long, to keep alive the truth of our actions, our constant prodding and pushing that has enacted these unfolding events. I do not need others to tell me that we have saved and are continuing to save this Democracy. We do not owe thanks, it is we who should be thanked. It is not the Democrats, it is not the Media, it is not our Leaders on high. It is the sole cry raised with others that has kept this pressure on for change and justice. We have not given up, nor despaired to nothingness, nor will we ever. We are Democracy and I will never forget this. I will tell my children and grandchildren. On behalf of myself and countless others; thank you all for the continued fight.

[Jacobin]

7. Its worse than that. They were complicit in the propaganda

Numerous of Bush Number One's minions wrote op-ed warnings describing exactly what would happen in IraqNam.

Numerous news outlets in other countries were writing the truth.

The MSM was complicit in and aided and abetted the war crimes committed by BushCo, and they did it purposefully, by ignoring all dissenting voices, twisting the facts and 'reporting' only the propaganda from Rove and company.

To believe that they were 'duped' or simply 'lazy' is to miss the point entirely

[deutsey]

10. Well, they're owned by the conglomerates that benefit from Bush's

corporatism.

The "reporters" may be lazy and complicit, but they aren't stupid. They know where their paychecks come from.

[second edition]

12. Sadly, you are exactly correct!!! n/t

[BillZBubb]

15. Laziness lets them off the hook.

They weren't lazy, they were ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS in the BushCo propaganda blitz.

Even a lazy doofus could figure out the WMD claims were lies fairly quickly. They had no interest in debunking the claims. They supported the war machine. It wasn't laziness.

[OneBlueSky]

16. neither . . . they were just following the BushCo/corporate line . . . n/t

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[KG]

17. not even lazy. complicit. co-conspirators. cheerleaders.