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May 10, 2008

Media malfeasance

By Libby

If you need inspiration to participate in this action, via Avedon, read Daily Howler's rundown of media manipulations and other acts of malfeasance to remind yourselves of how the Village Idiots play us for fools.

If that's not enough, Bob Herbert offers up the classic illustration of media malignancy in this column of recylced memes from the 90s. Even if you're mad as hell at the Clintons at this point, this column should piss you off for its air of Beltway insider entitlement. In fact, don't even read it. I'll do the short version Villager edition for you: Those Clintons have no class. Those damn hicks thought they could take this place over and it's not their town -- it's ours.

Sign the petition. It's time we remind these freeloaders that they don't own that town either. We do and they enjoy their special privileges at our will. The only way to do it is to wrest control away from the six guys that are choking out open debate with their own narrow, profit driven agenda.

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