...they not only slant what they present, but also they establish tacit boundaries and ground rules for the permissible spectrum of opinion.
As an example, consider the media treatment of Middle East news. Some editors or commentators are slavishly pro-Israel in their every utterance, while others seem nearly neutral. No one, however, dares suggest that the U.S. government is backing the wrong side in the Arab-Jewish conflict, or that 9-11 was a result of that support. Nor does anyone dare suggest that it served Jewish interests, rather than American interests, to send U.S. forces to cripple Iraq, Israel's principal rival in the Middle East...

Introduction - the Necessity of Democracy to Our Prosperity

A story about the dangers of evil computer cookies.

About cruel Spanish tradition

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if the Church refuses to immediately recognize Oscar Romero as a martyred saint and to resurrect the spirit of a Popular Church and the doctrines and seminaries of Liberation Theology THEN The Church Is Even More DOOMED than the feeble election of poor Ratinzger-Benedict would indicate.

There is a form of racist prejudice in this country that seldom is ever acknowledged—namely prejudicial stereotyping of blonde people (particularly in negative ways). Often it is subtle and other times notso; and yet it seems more pervasive than many people may be willing to believe.

Serbian Abuses of Animals