I’m kidding, I’ve ran into several “The Government needs to keep its hands off my Medicare!” and “Where was Uncle Sam when I was on Food Stamps!?!”
Relevant video example of your second quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTwpBLzxe4U
I remember. Judith Miller and the New York Times were essentially involved in causing hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq.
I understand that they were also involved in pushing the US into getting into Vietnam too, but know less about the details of that one.
Is there any publication left not bought and paid for by our corporate overlords?
Really good question. I think the answer, at least in terms of newspapers, is a big NO. I had realized years ago that the “newspapers of record”, i.e., New York Times and Washington Post, were compromised after seeing how they covered Bernie Sanders’ campaign. In reality, they likely always were compromised. Don’t forget that NYT had a large role in pushing the Iraq invasion that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. I’ve heard that they were also involved in the US getting into Vietnam too, but don’t have much detail of that.
I have decided to subscribe to my local metro area newspaper instead, just to get some coverage of local news and events in addition to basic national and international coverage.
Now, magazines should be a different story, if you look at leftist ones like Jacobin, Monthly Review, etc.
No doubt.