I heard years ago that " professional journalism " was dead in the United States. Of course, socialists were always skeptical about the objectivity of bought and sold journalists. But some were just plain good at their job. What would Walter Cronkite say about the New McCarthyism in the USA today ?
It does seem that the capitalist owned mainstream news media has completely suppressed the " critical thinking " skills of 100 percent of their employed - or EMPLOYABLE- journalists, editors, columnists. These individuals are not stupid or morally depraved . How much soul searching is going on behind the BIG LIE production ?
For sale in the Providence Public Library was an old book of anecdotes by a long forgotten American journalist Harry Golden. He did have a humorous insight into our sex obsessed culture : " SEX IS THE OPPOSITE OF DEATH ", he wrote.
She said sex is the opposite of death. It's alright child it's natural it's wild. It's just the life force and you can use it. You won't abuse it Enjoy yourself she said. Take my husband to bed. I couldn't keep my mind on the preacher standing by the casket. Where she lay. I couldn't weep entwined like some creature ...]
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