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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Tom Brokaw being awarded the Medal of Freedom? It must irk him that the
President who he often scorns will place the medal around his neck?
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)newsman (and eloquent statesman) than the hack, Brokaw--who undoubtedly bemoans that he came around too early to be the face of FOX.
dawnie51
(959 posts)that the teabaggers love!
malaise
(269,022 posts)on most things. He is the quintessential corporate hack.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)I didn't even know Brokaw doesn't like Pres. Obama.
I get most of my news from the BBC.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)onenote
(42,704 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Freedom and the internet
Tom Brokejaw
Characteristically, the growth of interest in the Internet, particularly among young people, alarmed Brokaw, both for its political and economic implications. In an interview several years ago, he revealed his profoundly anti-democratic conceptions, asserting that cyberspace should be managed for younger audiences.
We cant let that generation and a whole segment of the population just slide away out to the Internet and retrieve what information it wants without being in on it,
he declared.
I also believe strongly that the Internet works best when there are gatekeepers. When there are people making determinations and judgments about what information is relevant and factual and useful. Otherwise, its like going to the rainforest and just seeing a green maze.
He gets a medal of freedom for this statement ........ what a bizarro world.
Brokaws integrity and seriousness as a journalist might be measured in the following manner. How many interviews did he conduct from March 2003 until his retirement with opponents of the Iraq war? Despite the widespread opposition in the American population to the invasion, we feel safe in saying that Brokaw did not carry out a single in-depth conversation with a critic of Bush administration policy. Such interviews would not be news. On the other hand, he has provided a friendly platform on numerous occasions over the years for that reactionary blowhard Rush Limbaugh.
Freedom........ fries.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Time to time. They all seem happy over there. Must be a great place to work. I also see the Good Morning America show once in awhile. I used to watch the morning NBC program 15 years ago, but never anymore.