The Party-Controlled Press

In the old Soviet Union, everything was controlled by the Party, the Communist Party. Even military units each had their own party commissar, to ensure no activities took place that were not in the interest of the Party.

This, of course, was true of the media as well. The only media allowed in the old Soviet Union were institutions controlled by and devoted to the Party, and to the government run by the Party. The Soviet media would consequently slavishly repeat the government party line.

The question is, how is the so-called Mainstream Media in America today, under the new Obama Administration, any different from the media in the old Soviet Union?

[silly stretch? read it >

BTW: history is made a 2nd time {in 10 years, but still}: this piece is from Media Matters

{somebody get smelling salts for TS}]

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