Neutering the media
If you head over to the Progressive Review and scroll down the page a bit, you'll find this:
BUSH WINS MAJOR BATTLE IN WAR ON FREE PRESSThese stories have been floating around for a few days and getting attention in a variety of media outlets and on blogs.
* Semiotic Tsunami over Koran in Toilet Story
* Rightwing Assault on Public Broadcasting Grows
* Two in Five Say Press is Too Free
* PBS, Others Already Censoring Own Broadcasts
What ProRev deserves credit for is simply grouping them together under a headline that reads, in part, "War on Free Press." That is precisely what's going on here, and everyone needs to recognize it as such.
Viewed in isolation, each story is worrisome. But when viewed in conjunction with one another, and factoring in the sort of rhetoric coming out of Washington, they paint a far more disturbing picture. I'm not sure enough people recognize the gravity of this situation.
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