Reply #84: The key: that enough of the press act together with integrity rather than

[Nothing Without Hope]

with selfishness:

...."And maybe if we're lucky we can find that cooperation and collaboration are not threats to our independence but are the key to strengthen the value and the appeal of a journalism of verification to the American people."

Tom Curley, president and chief executive of the Associated Press, agreed: "We have to be able to walk out of the room when somebody goes off the record."

The White House knows all about selfishness and division, and they have only contempt for integrity. They obviously don't believe that even the most humiliating and corrupt behavior will fail to spur enough of the journalists to revolt to make a significant impact. Indeed, it might be helpful in clearing out the minority of high-profile journalists that still HAVE integrity.

I hope the White House is wrong, but I don't have a lot of confidence in that.

I think we need to apply the pressure of censure to the journalists that have allowed the White House to suppress the truth in this country and, in doing so, have enabled such violence and criminality. I have suggested something that may seem silly, but could help - a reframing campaign in which we name names and point out the corrupt compliance of the shills: they're the Poodle Press. Let's put THEM in the spotlight and see how they defend what they have done.
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