Submitted by Michael, Aug 15, 2008 14:40

It's about time someone held the press' feet to and in the fire. I have noticed that CNN, for instance, spends an inordinate amount of time talking about what a great job they do, summarily dismissing critics. The Murdoch press venues such as Fox are paragons of swiftboating. There is no doubt that partisans such as Katherine Harris in FL and Ken Blackwell in OH interfered in elections and this is in addition to the comments of the CEO of Dibold (the manufacturer of electronic voting machines) that he could make sure Republicans won crucial elections.

There's no difference between third world countries' stuffing of ballot boxes and tampering with electronics. And there's no excuse in the national press not reporting it — except that members of the press now work for multi-national corporations and defense contractors which themselves are the beneficiaries of governmental (especially the Bush administration's) largess. As always, if you want to understand what goes on in Washington, follow the money, not the Constitution.

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