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Originally Posted by host
Thompson has a reputation for being an accomplished journalist.
Among many points that he makes, is that mainstream media is
owned almost exclusively by huge corporations, such as GE.
GE holds $3 billion in contract work relating mostly to the rebuilding of Iraq. Can GE owned "news" enterprises like MSNBC,
NBC, and CNBC, report objectively on the situtation surrounding
Iraq and the war without compromising stockholder interests?
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I think competition in the news world between CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, BBC, Al-jazeera, print, and internet news suggest that MSNBC will have to keep pretty much in line, or the other news outlets will nail them.
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If you believe that Thompson is premature in levying such strong criticism on Bush, what would have to happen before you would be more likely to think that Thompson's criticism is timely?
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Now is fine. Later is fine. People are free to criticize the president whenever they want.
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Would a mainstream press, unfettered as Thompson's publication is from conflicting economic and political influences, be more similar in the editorializing of it's opinions
of Bush and his administration, to Thompson's opinions,
than it obviously seems to be at present?
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I think Thompson is probably overdoing it a bit, but if you read Krugman, I wouldn't say he is far off. I would say Krugman at writes with a less "world is gonna end!!!" tone and tries to sound more intellectual as not to alienate his readers. Thompson (seems to) write strictly to a left wing audience, and caters to them very well.
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If Thompson is right, is the risk that waiting until "later" to state his views as he did yesterday, might be too risky because of new government restrictions on dissent or because of the risks of government or politically influenced economic or law enforcement/intelligence agency pressures or reprisals?
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Honestly, I don't have any idea what your asking here.
Also to
willravel from another fan of TJ:
He also said, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."