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Sunday, March 03, 2013

The Virginian Pilot and State Run Media

The Virginian Pilot delivered its editorial opinion on the sequester and it's devastating. 

The way forward: off another cliff

It quotes experts who predict economic calamity and lays the blame squarely at the feet of Congress.  The editorial names John Boehner twice and no other politician by name.  Conspicuously absent from any discussion of this problem is the name of the man who proposed the sequester in the first place: Barack Obama. 

The press likes to tell us how brave and independent they are.  "Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" and "speaking truth to power." 

The press denies it's adopted role as the State Run Media.  If that's true, I have a question: can anyone tell the difference between this editorial and an Obama administration press release?

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