By Robert Parry
Consortium News
March 14, 2011
Today's American political crisis has many facets, but a key one is narrative -- how the history and ideals of the United States are understood by the public. The strategic importance of narrative is why the Right has invested so much in building media to redirect and control the national storylines.
Thus, the challenge for those of us who believe that the lifeblood of a democracy is an informed electorate has been to pull the narrative back to facts, empiricism and, yes, truth. Traditionally, that has been the role of the mainstream press but -- itself under extraordinary pressure from the Right -- the U.S. news media has chosen, more often than not, to put careerism ahead of journalism.
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March 14, 2011
Inside America's 'Adjustment Bureau'
Inside America's 'Adjustment Bureau'
