Reply #27: Your article is most important. The NSA misuse was widespread. [View All]

Sorry to be unclear. I wanted to add to your discussion with bpilgrim the idea that there is a conspiracy of goals, if not fact, on the parts of the major news media. The "press corpse" has continually supported Bush -- before his Selection, before the fraudulent run-up to the illegal invasion of Iraq, and since as all the various criminal and treasonous facts have emerged.

My original comments are below in the thread. I wrote it was my guess the Bush Mafia would use information gathered by its extensive domestic spying to damage or neutralize political opposition. That's what Nixon did in Watergate.

Regarding the LA Times itself: Most of its journalists are good, hard-working people. Most of their work is outstanding -- they recently did a bang-up job chronicling how "Curveball" pused the case for WMDs in Iraq.

The publisher, The Tribune Company, though, takes the corportacracy's perspective on the big picture. That means supporting the Bush Mafia.

Rergarding "CT," the major US media have done all they can to denigrate anyone who opposes the right-wing's criminality. That includes the LA Times (owned by The Tribune Company) and the other handful of major corporations that control most of the news Americans "consume."

If you find a moment, my rationale for feeling this way can be found here:

A Short History of Conspiracy Theory

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4086438&mesg_id=4086438

Like you, I want to see the criminality of the Bushes and their illlegitimate government exposed and the guilty prosecuted. Sometimes the goal gets in the way of politeness. Please forgive me.