By David Swanson
Consortium News
November 25, 2009
Editor’s Note: In the United States, the immense power of the right-wing news media, the cowardly careerism of the corporate press, and the weakness of independent media add up to a system of propaganda that is subtly Orwellian, hyping trivial matters and ignoring significant ones, even while many Americans think they are being protected by a free press.
While this dark reality is something we write about often at Consortiumnews.com, it has become increasingly apparent to almost anyone who speaks out on important topics, such as demanding accountability from George W. Bush and other protected figures, as David Swanson notes in this guest essay:
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