In the perhaps quixotic quest to Free The Press of some of the worst features of corporate hegemony over the very information we live and breathe, [The Maddow Movement http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6812] was born. With no illusions of anything but a starting point in fighting the influence of those who would narrow our perceptions through the presentation of Military Analyst Propaganda…or allow themselves to be cowed and complicit stenographers (alternately: “deferential, complicit enablers” ) of and for the lies that led us to Iraq and the death of perhaps a million people…or did NOT choose to investigate torture…or treason….a campaign was launched to throw out the old guard and hail and herald the new.
1229 good souls have signed The Maddow Movement Petition. Untold numbers of E-mails have been sent. Today…you too can help!
Now! (please?)
Not only will you be helping to get a fresh honest perspective inserted into the stale and stilted punditry that has helped to lead our country to and over the brink of …really bad stuff…you will be flexing your muscle as a news and information consumer! You will be showing the corporate heads and the programmers that there is a demand for better reporting, analysis and just plain intelligence (Ms Maddow = Rhodes Scholar) in their “industry.”
“People get the government they deserve,” de Tocqueville said…the same goes for information! In our world today, we consumers (formerly know as ‘citizens) will only get what we demand from those who would be our corporate masters…Yell Louder!
And get thee hither to signeth yon [petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TheMaddowMovement] and send ye your e-mails!
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