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Look, existing media outlets are incapable of certain kinds of criticism. Its as unlikely that 60 minutes would take a anti-NSA stance as it would be to take an
by blahbl4hblahtoo 13y ago
Look, existing media outlets are incapable of certain kinds of criticism. Its as unlikely that 60 minutes would take a anti-NSA stance as it would be to take an anti-Army stance. Establishment players are just that...im not even a 100% Snowden backer... but expecting anti-establishment journalism form the definition of the establishment is just going to give you indigestion.
- groups 13y agoLook up the Pentagon Papers and Woodward and Bernstein (and Rathergate, though that criticism was erroneous) for examples of established media sharply and consequentially criticizing the US government. The media /are/ capable of it, and they /used/ to do it.