Airbrushing history

There's rumblings that 2009 might see the end of the New York Times. If so, I can't say I'll be upset--their idea of 'journalism' has no relation to legitimately serving the public interest. For instance, they'll allow someone like Bill Ayers a forum to try to rehabilitate his record, while denying the same platform to the sole FBI agent who was able to infiltrate his group in the '60s. This is objectivity?

Meanwhile, the tax dollar-supported National Public Radio continues to try to rehabilitate CBS's reputation, which took a beating after they unwisely aired documents that were quickly proven to be fakes (no matter what Dan Rather continues to say).

Much of the corporate media today--both of the CNN bent and the FoxNews bent -- prey on the laziness and inattentiveness of the average American to push their particular agenda. Facts that get in the way are exiled to the journalistic equivalent of Siberia, held incommunicado.

That's why the disasters that loom in 2009 will catch most people completely unaware, even though the warning signs are already bright on the horizon for anyone with eyes to see. The machinery will fail, and people won't even know where to begin to diagnose where we went wrong.