Update [2005-3-12 18:4:59 by Armando]: From the diaries (also Recommended) by Armando. No endorsement (or non-endorsement) of a boycott, but the story is a big one. The New York Times has just posted a very long, detailed expose of the pervasive use by the Bush administration of covert propoganda, and the necessary complicity of television media outlets and their so-called journalists across the country. The article, "News or Public Relations? For Bush It's a Blur," by David Barstow and Robin Stein, may be accessed here:
New York Times
It is time that we held those privileged to amass wealth and influence at the expense of the American public's right to know accountable through a substantive grassroots initiative. Since we know that the collective Achille's heel of the corporate press is its terror that money might be lost....Sinclair, anyone?
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