http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/09/11_krugman.html
September 11, 2003
Paul Krugman, New York Times Columnist and Author of "The Great Unraveling:
Losing Our Way in the New Century"
A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW
Paul Krugman to BuzzFlash.com: "Well, a couple of things. The first is that
a good part of the media are essentially part of the machine. If you work
for any Murdoch publication or network, or if you work for the Rev. Moon's
empire, you're really not a journalist in the way that we used to think.
You're basically just part of a propaganda machine. And that's a pretty
large segment of the media.
As for the rest, certainly being critical at the level I've been critical
–- basically saying that these guys are lying, even if it's staring you in
the face –- is a very unpleasant experience. You get a lot of heat from
people who should be on your side, because they accuse you of being shrill,
which is everybody's favorite word for me. And you become a personal
target."
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Thank God for this Man! A Princeton University professor who pens a column
for the New York Times, Krugman is probably the most visible mainstream
media commentator, among a handful, who "gets it." He views the Bush Cartel
as "revolutionary power...a movement whose leaders do not accept the
legitimacy of our current political system." In short, Krugman understands
that the Bush gang is anti-democracy at its core.
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