I first noticed what was going on in 1992 when I had to get the news on what Clinton was really like from the shortwave radio stations. The programs FOR THE PEOPLE and RADIO FREE AMERICA gave me detailed accounts of troupergate and the Clinton's Whitewater real estate dealings. Prior to the election, both stories were almost completely blacked out by the MSM.
Then, in 1996, PBS started airing English translations of Moscow TV news, and to my surprise, the style of the news was straightforword (and probably more fact based) and I actually liked it more than the advocacy journalism practiced by the MSM. In advocacy jornalism, the vast majority of reports have an angle, and are in line with the herd. There is no independent thinking and there are no rogue reporters.
I feel like I am living behind the iron curtain and now I see Fox News hiring liberal John Roberts, Juan Williams and having liberal Shep Smith onboard, and Bill Oreilly co-opted, I think it's maybe time to dust off the shortwave again lest FR be terminated.
Or, is ignorance bliss?
I first noticed what was going on in 1992 ...
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I first noticed in 1975 when local newspapers were round-filing reporters’ stories on the situations at hand then. But the were simpily following the lead of CBS-NBC-ABC and reporting only one side of the issues after laboriously searching out both sides.