Leftists, generally, are profoundly obsessed with the Media and they tend to see it as one solid block of uniformity, agreement and “obedience to power”. For example, take this account of the MSM in the aptly titled website ElusiveTruth.com: “... the government uses it [the MSM] as a tool to influence how people view the 'facts' of torture ... the obvious brainwashing that is purposefully being executed by government through media.... the government and mainstream media are willingly involved in controlling the thoughts of the American people.... we are being fed along with the facts. Amazing.” (Yes, I'm well aware that some on the Right make almost identical comments about the MSM.) When Leftists complain about the media -- or the MSM -- you can't help thinking that what really angers them is that there are any newspapers at all which advance positions they disagree with. This is the Gulag (or anti-freedom of speech) mentality...(Read Full Article)