7.21.2003
Go out and get Harpers and read Curtis White's essay "The New Censorship"
The New Censorship does not work by keeping things secret. Are our leaders liars and criminals? Is the government run by wealthy corporations and political elites? Are we all being slowly poisoned? The answer is yes to all of the above, and there’s hardly a soul on these shores who doesn’t know it. The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency. Oil policy created in backrooms from Enron and ExxonMobil. Naked pandering to the electricity industry in rolling back clean-air mandates. Accounting firms such as Arthur Andersen buying even ‘watchdog’ liberal senators such as Christopher Dodd. Elections rigged with brother Jeb’s connivance in Florida. All of these details are utterly public, reported in newspapers, television newscasts, and books, yet it’s perfectly safe for this stuff to be known. The genius of the New Censorship is that it works through the obscenity of absolute openness.”
Tiger Lilly's post at Brief Intelligence today brings this article to mind. She is spot on and offers some good links to chase down.
I wish Harpers would post more articles right away on the web. But, what a joy to see it in the mailbox.
7/21/2003
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I apologize for not having the time to read and digest world events to a degree where I can offer something sensible. Check out the sources listed in the sidebar to widen your horizons...
Peace
7/21/2003
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