Besides which... More on media spinmeisters

[Roger Baker]

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0109-01.htm


"...Coincident with them are their media colleagues and cronies, 
including Fox, who themselves, war or no, are lobbying to get rid of the 
remnants of broadcast regulation. Despite ongoing giveaways to them, the 
media industry wants more: relaxation of cross-ownership rules, tax 
rebates and final burial rites for the requirement - some would say the 
patriotic requirement - that it serve the public interest, convenience 
and necessity in exchange for the license to broadcast. In other words, 
the corporate owners of the news networks are looking for favors from an 
administration they are covering. In journalistic circles, this is known 
as conflict of interest and a breach of ethics.

Finally, there's the right-wing media watchdog, the Media Research 
Center, which states, "We are training our guns on any media outlet or 
reporter interfering with America's war on terrorism or [trying] to 
undermine President Bush." It has already targeted the presidents of CBS 
and ABC, both of whom flinched in the face of its attack..."