'Journalists' used to say their job was to protect the people against an all powerful government.
11/13/11, "Throw Them All Out – Including Politico," Joel B. Pollak, Big Journalism
"In response to this evening’s groundbreaking report on 60 Minutes, which targeted both Republicans and Democrats for insider trading in Congress,
- Politico has circled the wagons around Washington’s political elite."...
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"Democracies guard against all-powerful central governments and decentralize government to regional and local levels."...
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7/18/2011, "The Rise of Pro-Democracy Journalism," ConsortiumNews.com
"Greg Mitchell, writer for The Nation magazine described how the establishment media functions as a gatekeeper that decides what to withhold and what to cover. They decide what the public should know
- according to that media organization’s relationship to those in power."...
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