@newtboy
i agree in theory,but disagree in practice.
as i stated in my comment:discernment.

it appears we approach news and journalism differently.

i do not consume the institution,but rather the individual reporter.which is why i will watch a report by shepard smith from FOX,but ignore anything by tucker carlson or bill o'reilly.

the HUGE mistake you make about hedges,is just that,an assumption.

chris hedges mistake.
is the same mistake that other media personalities have made,such as cenk uynger when he was on MSNBC.

hedges criticized power.
in fact,in the run up to the iraq war hedges was pushing out story after story that was highly critical of the bush administration,and..ironically..was using the very intelligence reports that you mentioned.he was challenged by the new york times editorial board to either cease and desist,or face disciplinary action.

he chose to retain his integrity,and honor his father (great story right there,he always chokes up when telling it) and walked away from a successful career,full of adulation and respect,rather than bow at the foot of the kings throne and kiss the feet of the powerful.

the man has guts,in spades,and i admire him very much.

but if you think my opnion is biased,then let us take phil donahue who was hosting the most popular show on the newly founded MSNBC.

he too,was critical of the bush administration and had guests on that were countering the avalanche of white house narratives flooding the cable news networks.

he was fired,while simultaneously hosting the most popular and highest rated shows on MSNBC.

what i am saying,is exactly what hedges is saying:
criticize power and you will be branded,blacklisted and shunned from the "mainstream media".you will be relegated to the fringe for your defiance to power.

/chuckles..i find it interesting that pretty much everybody uses the term "mainstream media" to epitomize:lazy journalism,propaganda,fake news and yet the media THEY choose to consume..well...thats not mainstream at all.the media THEY choose to consume is top notch journalism.

i am not saying my choices are right,but i do choose them carefully.i do not subscribe to institutions but rather individuals who have proven the test of proper journalistic integrity:chris hedges,matt taibbi,bill moyers,henry giroux,laura poitrus,jeremy scahill,amy goodman,paul jay

you may notice that every one of these people are critical of power,and that..my friend..is the basic premise of the fourth estate.

the washington post,along with the new york times and wall street journal have become rags.just my opinion,feel free to disagree.

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Thanks!

On another note - I think this video is pretty silly. Corporations are making more money due to market forces. Globalization, competing labor costs, automation, etc.

Bill Moyers is ready to talk about the American Worker who has been cheated and robbed? His solution is to basically spread the money around? Take from the greedy corporations and give to their poor workers?

American Manufacturing jobs earn five times on average what a Mexican Manufacturing jobs does and almost 30 times what the average Chinese job pays. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ichcc.pdf

Additionally, I would postulate that the standard of living is better in the USA than in either of those countries.

How are American's benefiting? Well, we have incredibly low prices as Consumers for all sorts of goods.

That said a lot of Americans are being left behind and when I look forward I really wonder what is going to happen with continued automation. How many truck drivers/delivery drivers will we need when trucks can drive themselves? What happens when food prep can be automated? These are just a few examples among many.

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Bill Moyers always was a class act - gentleman and scholar, that one.

i was just talking about this very same subject with VoodooV on another thread but bill moyers makes my argument so much more clearly than i ever could.
the man is a giant and makes me feel small.........

Bill Moyers never got HIS nose all brown up in an ass...

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