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Home Front: Culture Wars
We Live Under a Media Coup d’État
2012-10-02
Coup d’états come in a variety of forms.

Some are violent with arrogant colonels pointing forty-fives at the temples of their predecessors and blowing their brains out; others are stealthy with the citizens awakening on an ordinary morning to find their whole world has changed yet not a drop of blood has been shed.

The latter is what has happened in America.

We are the victims of a media coup d’état and are currently living under it.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#5  Ebbing has a point - our local paper (not even a BAD paper) has cut to publishing three days a week. And the Slimes is hemorraging money as subscribers quit.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-10-02 19:21  

#4  Don't hold your breath Ebbang, the Cubs drop 100 games (so far) and still get 2.8 million in Wrigley. You will never go broke betting on the stupidity of people and the media bets heavily on stupidity
Posted by: Griter Crart8496   2012-10-02 18:05  

#3  Fourth estate = Fifth Column
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-02 15:56  

#2  The best way to shut them down is to cancel your subscriptions and turn off your TV. Walk your dog, read a book, ride a bike, tend your garden, wash your car, clean your gun, whatever. You might be amazed at what you can do with your spare time just by getting out from in front of the idiot box in your living room. If you must have news you can get it for free from sites like Rantburg, Drudge and Breitbart. Well, of course, every now and then Fred will issue a bleg. But it's better than giving it to the New York Times.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-10-02 15:03  

#1  I would say that the media is just one branch of the new ruling class.

I would also say that the only way to get rid of the new ruling class is to dismantle the instituitions they have built.
Posted by: Iblis   2012-10-02 13:53  

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