NY Times Admits: Most Major News Organization Allows Gov To Censor

[sellersm]

FWIW:

Link to the article

Summary:

In one of the most shocking articles that the New York Times has ever put out, a New York Times reporter has openly admitted that virtually every major mainstream news organization allows government bureaucrats and campaign officials to censor their stories. For example, almost every major news organization in the country has agreed to submit virtually all quotes from anyone involved in the Obama campaign or the Romney campaign to gatekeepers for "quote approval" before they will be published. If the gatekeeper in the Obama campaign does not want a certain quote to get out, the American people will not see it, and the same thing applies to the Romney campaign. The goal is to keep the campaigns as "on message" as possible and to avoid gaffes at all cost. But this kind of thing is not just happening with political campaigns. According to the New York Times, "quote approval" has become "commonplace throughout Washington". In other words, if you see a quote in the newspaper from someone in the federal government then it is safe to say that a gatekeeper has almost certainly reviewed that quote and has approved it. This is another sign that "the free and independent media" in this country is a joke. What we get from the mainstream media is a very highly filtered form of propaganda, and that is one reason why Americans are turning away from the mainstream media in droves. People want the truth, and more Americans than ever realize that they are not getting it from the mainstream media.

[Wiggity]

This is new.

[Rucker61]

Journalism equals Marketing and Sales. There hasn't been any integrity in journalism, outside of a few exceptions like the Economist, in decades.

[Bailey Guns]

While I'm pleasantly surprised the NYT admits this, I'll take their assertion that the same level of scrutiny is applied to Romney quotes as it is to Obama quotes. Given their track record that's almost absurd for them to say.

[sniper7]

SURPRISE!!!!

[jhood001]

Fixed the article title for ya -

The New York Times Admits That Virtually Every Major News Organization Is Ran By Spineless, Conniving Assholes And That They're No More Of A Journalistic Enterprise Than Best-Buy

[BushMasterBoy]

MSM is all lies...their platform is "we never tell the truth"!

[centrarchidae]

Journalism equals Marketing and Sales. There hasn't been any integrity in journalism, outside of a few exceptions like the Economist, in decades.

The Economist isn't much better. Not since they've started censoring the hell out of their comments pages to avoid being called out for being not much different from Slime or Newspeak.

[theGinsue]

This act is known as Democratic Propaganda. I first learned of it in '88 when I was in Korea. It happens in most every piece of "news" you watch or read.

This is why I practice a modified version of "trust, but verify".... "Believe nothing. Verify everything".

[roberth]

I am not surprised, most of the media is just part of the government. That is why they rarely get things right and their business model is failing.

The local fishwrap has released nearly all if not all of their editors, the paper cannot afford them any longer. It is just a matter of time before Dean Singleton closes shop. That day will be a banner day.

I don't know what all the lying liberal scum will do for news after that, I suppose HuffPo and Infowars will suffice.