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> From: "Sardar" <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: July 3, 2010 7:07:00 PM PDT > To: "Sardar" <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Obama, FTC Plan to Bail Out, Subsidize Lapdog Media > > Obama, FTC Plan to Bail Out, Subsidize Lapdog Media > > > > By Victor Thorn > > After passing a $787 billion stimulus package, bailing out banks and > insurance companies, taking over segments of the auto industry and passing > socialized healthcare legislation, not to mention rumors of nationalizing Big > Oil, the government has now set its sights on resuscitating the failed > mainstream media. > > The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a 47-page draft > entitled "Potential Policy Recommendations to Support the Reinvention of > Journalism" that recommends less than a direct subsidy of $3.5 billion to > failing newspapers such as The New York Times. > > In a June 10 editorial for The Washington Times, Mark Tapscott called > this move an attempt "to rescue old media being left for dead by formerly > paying customers." > > During a June 24 interview, this writer asked Hank Albarelli, author of > the book A Terrible Mistake, which documents secret U.S. intelligence > experiments during the Cold War, to convey his thoughts on this matter. > > "Who even said journalism needs to be reinvented?" asked Albarelli. > "Mainstream media is in the death throes, and it can't survive because > they've lost so much credibility. People want reliable news, not stories that > are twisted, slanted, biased or ignored. Just because The New York Times > prints something doesn't make it true." > > If billions of FTC dollars are at stake, especially considering Obama's > thin-skinned demeanor, it's fairly certain that funds will be funneled to > lapdog media venues and not those pursuing their role as watchdogs. > > Albarelli concurred: "The government will play favorites; that's > politics. But let's be clear: the government can barely run itself. They need > to stay away from the press and quit wasting taxpayer money. Plus, I'm sure > none of those funds would be going to the alternative media." > > Another aspect of the FTC plan is to establish an AmeriCorps journalism > division for students on college campuses. When asked if inclusion of such > language reflected a none-too-subtle indoctrination process, Albarelli > responded, "It sounds like infiltration. We know from Carl Bernstein's 1977 > Rolling Stone article that the CIA has agents at every newspaper, magazine > and television network. William Colby also admitted that the CIA is > associated with every serious media outlet in the country." > > > > He continued, "In a Machiavellian sense, directly paying to train college > students could be the government's way of getting someone on the inside as a > future asset. The media would become institutionalized-even more beholden to > the government than they already are." > > The FTC report also describes antitrust exemptions that allow news > organizations to collude with competitors and collectively set prices. > > Albarelli sneered at this notion. "Isn't the press already monopolized by > five or six huge corporations?" he asked. "This legislation would make the > situation even worse, with the potential to completely erase any sort of > adversarial relationship between media and government. We're not getting > much sincere information from the mainstream media anyway. They've > completely given up on real investigative reporting." > > Spearheading the FTC's campaign is self-professed neo-Marxist professor > Robert McChesney, founder of a media advocacy group called "Free Press." > McChesney reveals his vision of a totalitarian takeover with the following > quotes: > > ? "Only government can implement policies and subsidies to provide an > institutional framework for quality journalism." > > ? "There is no real answer but to remove brick by brick the capitalist > system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles." > > In this regard, if the government defines who reports the news, they'll > ultimately be able to determine what is reported. The First Amendment can't > survive if the federal government intrudes upon and regulates this process. > Or, as Albarelli concedes, "Our Constitution will go right out the window." > > Although the FTC used a benign form of rhetoric in its draft, they know > there's a reason why people aren't buying establishment newspapers any > longer. When The New York Times refuses to provide the entire picture, > readers invariably resort to more valid sources that aren't afraid to tackle > subjects like 9-11 being an inside job, Israeli terrorism secretive > Bilderberg meeting and the so-called "Holocaust." > > Stacking the deck with blatant subsidies won't alter this situation when > citizens increasingly keep bypassing the dinosaur media. This glaringly > apparent fact leads to the crux of why the old-guard power structure is so > concerned, and why it insists on more regulation. As people repeatedly flee > from the "old media," their ability to brainwash, condition, control and > propagandize the populace drastically diminishes. > > Albarelli doesn't buy into this Orwellian newspeak. "The government's > plan to reinvent journalism won't work," he said. "It's a boneheaded idea. No > matter how much money they throw at this problem, the mainstream media is on > its way out. Short of martial law and shutting down the Internet or > alternative news sources, the government can't change the shape of media in > the future. People are avoiding them for a reason." > > It's yet to be seen what will develop, but one thing is certain: If the > government does decide to pad the pockets of certain newspapers, their money > will undoubtedly go to ringers such as The Washington Post and not legitimate > news venues like AMERICAN FREE PRESS. > > Victor Thorn is a hard-hitting researcher, journalist and the author of > many books on 9-11 and the New World Order. These include 9-11 Evil: The > Israeli Role in 9-11 and Phantom Flight 93. > > Subscribe to American Free Press. Online subscriptions: One year of > weekly editions-$15 plus you get a BONUS ELECTRONIC BOOK - HIGH PRIESTS OF > WAR - By Michael Piper. > > Print subscriptions: 52 issues crammed into 47 weeks of the year plus six > free issues of Whole Body Health: $59 Order on this website or call toll > free 1-888-699-NEWS . > > Sign up for our free e-newsletter here - get a free gift just for signing > up! > > (Issue # 28, July 12, 2010) > > > > > Please make a donation to American Free Press > > > Not Copyrighted. Readers can reprint and are free to redistribute - as > long as full credit is given to American Free Press - 645 Pennsylvania Avenue > SE, Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20003 > > > http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/subsidize_lapdog_media_228.html
