Dea Certe said:
And why hasn't anyone called them on it other than Lou Dobbs on CNN?
I'm sure Dea knows the answer, which is,
look at who owns the media - multinational (not loyal to any country, just the bottom line) corporations.
Did anybody see that ol' bulldog, Tim Russert, interview Jack Welch?
This was along the timeline of Welch's retirement and the revelations of his undisclosed retirement benefits.
Russert did everything but kiss Welch's,uhhhh, ring.
Nowhere did Russert disclose that Welch, CEO of GE, which owns NBC, was Russert's boss. Nowhere did Russert disclose how many GE/NBC stock options he had been granted. Bear in mind Russert edits some of NBC's programming (gee, maybe THAT's why NBC's coverage of the NAFTA debate sucked!)
Woodward and Bernstein said follow the money, so I did. It leads straight from the owning corporation to the editor's desk. And what about those speaking fees the talking heads charge, whenever they speak before the Chamber of Commerce, Business Rountable, etc? The media preaches full disclosure to the pols, what about a little reciprocity?
Liberal media, my ass!