Democracy Now! | Robert Fisk on Iraq, Palestine and the Failure of the U.S. Corporate Media to Challenge Authority: "AMY GOODMAN: Well, when you see the networks, what do you think?
ROBERT FISK: I try not to see them, and I try not to read the New York Times, and I definitely will not be reading the L.A. Times anymore. You have a major problem in the United States, in that your journalists don't challenge authority. They will not, will not, will not challenge authority, unless they think authority is lying on the ground. Then they’ll have a timid kick at it, which we're now seeing with the Scooter Libby affair. But by and large --"
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Thank God for Robert Fisk; a sane and brave voice in a confused and supine world. American journalists really need to look at themselves and ask whether their non anlytical work is doing anyone any favours.
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