Friday, March 12, 2010

Cud and Complicity: Burying the Alternatives to Empire's Dominion

by Chris Floyd from his blog, Empire Burlesque. I was a bit surprised to learn of this event from the internet--not from mainstream media.
Think about that for a moment: an unprecedented event, on the floor of the House, going on for hours, involving a question of supreme national importance. Regardless of one's position on the issue, is this not the very definition of "news"? But on Thursday morning, you could search high and low on the front pages (print and web) of both the New York Times and the Washington Post -- our national arbiters of serious newsworthiness -- yet find no mention whatsoever of this event. This, even though the web fronts -- unlike the paper versions -- contain headlines for dozens of stories, including sections devoted entirely to Washington politics.