BEHIND THE BYLINE: The Gospel According to Lehrer and Rather

By  Davin Hutchins on Sep 03, 2008

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A lot has changed since the tumultuous conventions of 1968. Maverick journalists Dan Rather and Jim Lehrer lament the old days when political conventions were spontaneous and less immune to corporate influence. Both are searching for substance behind the spectacle.

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Anyone that would trust

Submitted by Cristiano on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 23:15.

Anyone that would trust Buchanan with their life needs their sohbet head examined. He had made his way up by lying and ripping people off. You know when he's lying when his lips are moving. His money was film izle made by ripping off innocent people (and Chase Bank) with his American Speedy sham. Get real.

An insider's testimony

Submitted by freeedomania on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 21:48.

This is a very very important testimony ... consider this quote:

"I don't think most Americans realize how much the interest of very large corporate international entities who own most of the major news outlets are working - frequently in secret, nearly always quietly - to serve each other's interest, not the public interests, not the interests of news of integrity, the news the public needs to know, because these large corporations that own something [like] 80 maybe 85% of the major news outlets in the country, they have a vast interest in Washington.
They have legislative needs, they have regulatory needs for other parts of their businesses....I don't think most people realize that [there is] a combination of big business ... and big government working, and how much influence they have in these news rooms. This has got to stop, if the public in our democracy has the information it needs to make the decisions that our country needs