And you thought the media was the watchdog of our government?  A kind of a private check and balance on the evil doings of the politicians.  Ha! 

John Swinton, the former Chief of Staff for the New York Times, was one of America's best known and loved newspapermen. Called "The Dean of his Profession," John was asked, in 1953, to give a toast, before the New York Press Club, and in so doing made a monumentally important and revealing statement. He is quoted as follows: "There is no such thing, at this date of world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you, who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know, beforehand, that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion, out of the paper, I am connected with. Others, of you, are paid weekly, similar salaries for similar things, and any of you, who would be so foolish, as to write honest opinions, would be out on the streets, looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions, to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours, my occupation would be gone. The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell this country and his race for his daily bread. You know it, and I know it, and what folly is this, toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of rich men, behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."


In the TV Presidential Debates, in 1992, Clinton was asked, "Should there be restrictions on the FED?" The next day, major newspapers, said they covered the whole presidential debate text, and many newspapers eliminated this one question. Check at your library.

Richard M. Cohan, Senior Producer of CBS political news said, "We are going to impose our agenda, on the coverage, by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with."

Richard Salant, former President of CBS News stated, "Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. "

Is there bias in the media?  Not at all.  They are simply a virtually monopolistic commercial enterprise selling advertising space and writing commentary supporting their owner's view points and purses.  Yes and who are the owners? Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism keeps track of the shrinking list of those who own or control all the cable TV systems, TV stations, all three news networks,  radio stations, major book publishers and the nation's biggest magazines.  And you thought you were getting news.

The Law lies with its throat slit, gasping
Conniving men masquerade righteously
Codifying that which is evil, gavel after gavel
Demanding unholy compliance
Complicity
Fraud
Extortion
Genocide
Paper Money
 

Freedom is quickly becoming only a state of mind.