MSM’s Job: “Speak Truth to Power”
Charles Johnson
Sun Jul 2, 2006 at 10:18 pm PDT • Views: 281
You have got be kidding me. TIME.com: No One Gets a Blank Check.
The line between dissent and disloyalty, between harmful revelations and vital ones, is murky. Often we never really know. But I would argue that the judicious questioning of the conduct and morality of war is the furthest thing from disloyalty: it is an expression of deep patriotism and the essence of responsible citizenship.
Very often in our history, that task has fallen to the press. From the publication of the Pentagon papers and the Watergate probe to TIME’s recent revelations about the tragedy at Haditha, our job is to speak truth to power.
It’s a mainstream media orgy of simultaneous denial and self-congratulation. We haven’t seen anything so repulsive since CBS News tried to stonewall their way through Rathergate.
Frank says: