Finally, some good evidence showing how bad the coverage at Fox News (aka The Bush News) really is. And we think the western media has complete freedom! They’re free to do whatever they want, as long as they say nothing bad about “The Administration.”

The US federal government has a long history of coersing states to do it’s bidding. They don’t tell them they have to do something, just that if they don’t they will lose federal funding for things like roads. I guess this is considered legal, but it sure seems like blackmail to me. They then use this same type of coersion with journalists. If a journalist publishes something critical of the administration, they no longer get called on for questions and aren’t allowed access to important events.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16892

http://www.calpundit.com/archives/002335.html