LithiumCola did a great diary this morning on Michael Moore's SICKO, and an example of some of the kinds of news articles we're seeing, and likely to keep seeing. If you haven't read it already, you oughtta. I agree with almost all of it. But I do have a little problem with this part:
So now begins the spin, the smear, the blinders from the mainstream media. All provided in an alleged "news" piece about . . . well, about something.
My problem? The mainstream media's a problem, but it's the wrong target here. If you want to know how to change the puppet show we call the mainstream media, you have to go after the puppeteers.
Welcome to the wonderful world of corporate public relations.
Let's go back to the LA Times piece and see what we can learn about messing up the health insurance industry's most excellent puppet show.
We start off on the flip.