"The dominant media are no longer the mouthpiece of the moral majority
and the gatekeeper of the status quo - they are now firmly on the side
of the ultra wealthy and the mega corporations. How else to explain the
media's contempt for reason and critical inquiry as they turn news into
entertainment and the call for balance into a form of anti-intellectual
drivel? At best, the dominant media attempt to neutralize the issue of
class inequality, making it largely invisible. At worst, they serve as
active accomplices in promoting class warfare through their embrace of
neoliberal values and refusal to engage any serious issues that might
reveal the terrible human and social costs of the class warfare now
being waged by the rich."
-Henry A. Giroux, Truthout board member and author of "Zombie Politics in the Age of Casino Capitalism"
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