Too Little, Too Late

[trof]

Too Little, Too Late
By Robert Parry
November 3, 2004

George W. Bush’s electoral victory is chilling proof that the conservatives have achieved dominance over the flow of information to the American people and that even a well-run Democratic campaign stands virtually no chance for national success without major changes in how the news media operates.

It is not an exaggeration to say today that the most powerful nation on earth is in the grip of an ideological administration – backed by a vast network of right-wing think tanks, media outlets and attack groups – that can neutralize any political enemy with smears, such as the Swift boat ads against John Kerry’s war record, or convince large numbers of people that clearly false notions are true, like Saddam Hussein’s link to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The outcome of Election 2004 also highlights perhaps the greatest failure of the Democratic/liberal side in American politics: a refusal to invest in the development of a comparable system for distributing information that can counter the Right’s potent media infrastructure. Democrats and liberals have refused to learn from the lessons of the Republican/conservative success.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/110304.html

[oneighty]

1. Butt kick!

Hey Trof

180

[trof]

4. Hey, old man.

My butt's been kicked so hard I don't think there's any left.
How you holdin' up?

[MaineYooper]

2. soros network?

So how's about we all write letters to George Soros, urging him to buy a network? He could create the anti-Faux news source. AAR is a start, but the happy masses respond to TV, not radio.

Absent such a change in presentation of news, I don't see much hope.

[Toucano]

3. We haven't refused to learn.

We haven't had the fucking money!

Soros wasn't with us until BushCo.

Maybe now we'll do something.

It has GOT to reach the rural areas.