The Media Defines All

The defining issue of our time is not the Iraq war. It is not the "global war on terror." It is not our inability (or unwillingness) to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable health care. Nor is it immigration, outsourcing, or growing income inequity. It is not education, it is not global warming, and it is not Social Security.

The defining issue of our time is the media.

The dominant political force of our time is not Karl Rove or the Christian Right or Bill Clinton. It is not the ruthlessness or the tactical and strategic superiority of the Republicans, and it is not your favorite theory about what is wrong with the Democrats.

The dominant political force of our time is the media.

Although this piece was written about how the media covers conventional politics, I think this idea of the media being central to everything is just as important for 9/11.

Mainstream media coverage defines EVERYTHING, though clearly the internet changes the equation somewhat. But the media could have blown 9/11 apart LONG AGO, if they wished. Instead they have become complicit in 9/11, and there is even reason to think that they were part of the hoax from day one.

Keep that in mind when you read this piece of crap from the Wash. Post.