From time to time I have pointed you to Mother Jones Magazine's blog, The Daily Mojo. I will do so again, and as an enticement I offer a short but provocative excerpt in a post you really need to read:
Our media washes over us like some mind-cleansing drug, so today, in the shambles of Bush administration Iraq policy, in the wake of Abu Ghraib, just beyond the “transition to Iraqi rule,” it's difficult to recall what life was like back when the press was simply a lapdog; CBS's Dan Rather was burbling, "George Bush is the President, he makes the decisions and, you know, as just one American, he wants me to line up, just tell me where"; war was a swift, smiting blow (when was the last time you heard the phrase "shock and awe"?), and we were about to be anointed as the New Rome.
Please click through and read the rest of the story at: The Daily MoJo
