"Consider the current spate of scandals surrounding the Obama administration. Most of them relate to activities that were known or suspected to be ongoing long before the November presidential election. The American "news media," which in the past would have seen the obvious explosiveness of these stories, and would have pursued them if for no other reason than to "sell newspapers," chose -- collectively, without exception, which means by tacit agreement -- not to let any of them out of the bag until after the November election. Now, like a house of cards, they come tumbling down, fast and furious, as it were. In each case -- Benghazi cover-up, IRS targeting of conservatives, universal surveillance of private correspondence -- the response of most of the media may be summarized as follows: first, deny the story outright; second, accept that something happened, but claim that it has been blown out of proportion; third, admit that what happened was pretty bad, but insist that none of it is in any way traceable to the officials at the top of the hierarchy."
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:56:34 +0000
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