But the media knows damn well the quotes are genuine, and certainly will not arrange telephone interviews (with people quite happy to talk to the press) in order to report the story themselves. They'll just embargo the story completely.
That's the media's most potent power -- not shading or slanting stories this way or that. But simply refusing to report major stories they feel may cause Americans to think "the wrong things."
So CNN can hang itself with its claim that "We're not in the business of censoring the news." That's precisely the business it's in, and business is good.
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
Terrorists Endorse Democrats In Election; Media Silent
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