bishop\u2019s letter <\/a>never mentions Obama.\u00a0 But since the shoe fits, they spring to his defense.<\/p>\nIf McClatchy were really interested in\u00a0speaking truth to power, it might consider speaking to the President who claims the power to indefinitely detain, kill citizens on a whim, and murder four year Pakistani girls while labeling the body parts strewing the ground \u201cterrorists\u201d.\u00a0 But the media\u2019s courage has always been highly selective.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of the better reason for voting Romney: maybe wretched cowards like the state-run media will begin to imitate having a conscience.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is interesting that McClatchy, which supposedly speaks truth to power, is in fact busily acting as state-run media for Power here.\u00a0 As near as I can tell, the bishop\u2019s letter never mentions Obama.\u00a0 But since the shoe fits, they spring to his defense. If McClatchy were really interested in\u00a0speaking truth to power, it might […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[265],"class_list":["post-39540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-state-run-media"],"yoast_head":"\n
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