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Then you also have … this powerful ideological partisan press — talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, the bloggers by this time, whose mission is to advance the political aims of the Republican party. This press is part of a political movement, so that anyone who reports what is contrary to their view of the world, who reports information, news, that seems to contradict their principal political leaders — the president and the administration — they come down hard on them. So you had the willingness of the mainstream press to go along with the administration because they see themselves as the extension of authority and power, and they’re in the game, and you have this relentless beating up of any dissident mainstream journalists who deviate from the official view of reality by a political press whose main interest is in advancing the administration’s arguments and case. …

Splitting the difference between two opinions does not get you to the truth. It gets you to another opinion. I believe that we journalists are obligated to get people as close as possible to the verifiable truth. …

People have asked me, why is it important, then — it happened four years ago. Well, this war is still going on .. four years after the collusion between the mainstream media and the administration. If your fire department in your neighborhood is in collusion with the arsonist, you want to know about it to avoid the fire next time. If the dog doesn’t bark, you want to know if the dog is licking the boots of the burglar.

Bill Moyers, Fresh Air, 4/23/07

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