U.S. media losing global respect
'Unfortunately, the U.S. journalistic profession as a whole today seems to have a somewhat exaggerated sense of its own importance. Too many journalists - in particular many of those based in Washington - are too docile in not wanting to challenge the powers-that-be. They much prefer to stay within the general consensus.
'As a result, they regale news-hungry audiences with such "strategic" insights as the information that Bush gave up eating sweets on the day the Iraq invasion started - as USA Today recently reported on its front page.
'And then there are those "reporters" whose breathlessly triumphant pieces leave readers and viewers with the distinct impression that they are being treated to a curious revival of German battlefield reporting from World War I.' - Snipped from here (via DemoUnderground).
April 20, 2003
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