There's an interview with Ron Suskind in Salon, which is interesting enough, but this bit caught my eye:
Do you think there's a coordinated attempt to knock journalists down so that what they have to say is taken less seriously?
There is a varied, national, forceful, coordinated campaign to do that, to try to create doubt about the long-held and long-respected work of the mainstream media. Absolutely. So that Americans believe that what we do and say, what the mainstream media offer, is not of value, is not honest, is not factually accurate. And [that we are] not in any way connected to strong traditions of American public dialogue, that we've been co-opted, that we're not objective, and that essentially we are carrying forward an agenda.
Ok, so I'll agree that there is a long-standing effort on the part of some to discredit the media. Think about all the conservatives screaming about the "liberal" media. Still, if there's a coordinated campaign to discredit the media, I have to wonder if they aren't in on it, too.
Posted by Jason at October 20, 2004 02:41 PM