Click here to access article by Prof. James F. Tracy from his blog Memory Gap. A MUST READ
The author provides an especially valuable contribution to critical thought with this article. He exposes a prime method used by the ruling class to contain and, in many cases, co-opt writers on the left to stay within acceptable journalistic limits, that is, acceptable to the One Percent ruling class. It is an exceptionally clever and pernicious way of effectively managing opposition to their rule.
As he makes clear the ruling class has had experience with this method for over a hundred years. However, their application of it has accelerated in recent decades as the One Percent has accelerated their concentration of power and wealth to the detriment of the 99 Percent.
It follows logically and politically, that activists must, if they are serious about changing anything, establish their own media to serve interests that are wedded to grass roots organizations. Unfortunately, this type of consciousness is still a long way off based on what I have observed in the US. Hopefully, articles like this will facilitate a growing awareness of the subtle methods used by the ruling class to control information ordinary people are exposed to.