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. . . & Empty Husks
"[N]ewspapers like the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune are being ruthlessly cannibalized by corporate trolls . . . , turned into empty husks that focus increasingly on boutique journalism. Corporations are not in the business of news. They hate news, real news. Real news is not convenient to their rape of the nation. Real news makes people ask questions. They prefer to close the prying eyes of reporters. They prefer to transform news into another form of mindless amusement and entertainment.”
Today in History
2001: U.S. submarine collides with Japanese fishing boat off Hawaii, killing 9; 1999: Senate begins deliberations on Clinton impeachment; 1993: NBC News settles with GM on fiery pickup lawsuit; 1971: Satchel Paige first Negro League player nominated for Baseball Hall of Fame; 1965: First U.S. combat troops go to Vietnam; 1964: Beatles appear on “The Ed Sullivan Show”; 1960: Coors brewery heir kidnapped; 1951: Greta Garbo becomes U.S. citizen; 1950: Joseph McCarthy accuses State Department of communist infiltration; 1900: Tennis’s Davis Cup established; 1825: House elects John Quincy Adams president
(See History.com.)
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