Where is the Press?
Yesterday, June 10, 2008 35 Articles of Impeachment against G.W.Bush were read into the Congressional record. One would think that the papers all over the Country would lead with that story, but nothing. Barely a mention was made on any news program, radio show or news entertainment show. The Investigative Press and the real news programs and newspapers have been lost in a maze of Corporate entertainment orientated stories and obsessions. How many hours of broadcast time was spent on the breakdown of a young pop star this year? Investigative News Journalist was a respected and necessary function of the American Political scene, it has disappeared through the Corporate takeover of media outlets. Another instance of deregulation being a detriment the society. Corporations are no longer limited in the amount of media outlets they are able to buy, so Americans are now served by a handful of corporate conglomerates that look at media outlets as money makers, not as a public service, and a v...