Friday, September 30, 2011

"A Thought Police" for the Internet Age.

Click here to access article by Jonathan Cook from Global Research.
There could be no better proof of the revolution – care of the internet – occurring in the accessibility of information and informed commentary than the reaction of our mainstream, corporate media.

For the first time, Western publics – or at least those who can afford a computer – have a way to bypass the gatekeepers of our democracies. Data our leaders once kept tightly under wraps can now be easily searched for, as can the analyses of those not paid to turn a blind eye to the constant and compelling evidence of Western hypocrisy. Wikileaks, in particular, has rapidly eroded the traditional hierarchical systems of information dissemination.
Read this article to find out how, in the age of the internet, liberal media act as thought police for the ruling class. The author focuses on the UK's Guardian coverage of dissident writers as an illustration.