Gore Vidal on the media

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Have TV journalists learned anything from the last several years?

Says Vidal: "Everybody with an IQ above room temperature is on to the con act of our media. They are obeying bigger, richer interests than informing the public -- which is the last thing that corporate America has ever been interested in doing."

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: August 7, 2007 at 4:59 am
Author: TheRealNews

Length: 00:07:15
Rating: 4.72
Views: 110691

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Video Comments:
AvangionQ (November 12, 2008 at 11:21 pm)
We liberals don't despise America, we want to see America great again -- what conservatives don't like is that we'll be the first to admit that America isn't perfect, and that we see that the flaws and run deep through its institutions and want to do something about fixing those flaws ... sadly, the corporate controlled mainstream media can count itself amongst those imperfections that need to be amongst the first corrected ...
bringmemybow (November 7, 2008 at 9:34 am)
I have huge respect for Gore Vidal, HUGE. but he is a bitter old man, who's intelligence is getting the better of him. He is starting to think there is a massive global conspiracy and if you listen and read his work, he seems to be bordering on some form of insanity.
I do hope the man lives a comfortable life and we remember him for his earlier and less fearful work. (this is a gret interview though!)
1angloboy (October 30, 2008 at 1:01 pm)
I so enjoy listening to Gore Vidal. Good job in so many of your videos. I wish you success.
senateb (October 6, 2008 at 11:33 am)
he so perfectly summed up the seemingly dominant political strategy of our time- lie and attribute your own faults to your opponent.

ive always noticed that, but never bern able to put it in words
ColonelAlPerry (September 28, 2008 at 2:58 am)
Gore Vidal thought Nixon was the only great president of the latter half of the 20th century.
Brilliant!
 And he though Jimmy Carter was an idiot.
mopsius (September 18, 2008 at 11:46 am)
Commie, Terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, etc. etc. etc.
Malaka57 (September 18, 2008 at 10:49 pm)
hahaha!
... liberals, socialists, Jews... ooops, the last one was the other Nazis...
mopsius (September 19, 2008 at 2:25 am)
The Neo-Cons are very good at this. It is a kind of antithesis to the psychology behind blasphemy.

The II Amendment and the Old Testament are mutually exclusive.
1987devo (September 9, 2008 at 9:10 pm)
no! HAR
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