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HAVE REPORTERS BECOME POLI-TICKS- THE MEDIA PARASITES OF THE BODY POLITIC? -Lenny Isenberg; Perdaily.com

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Whenever I start to believe there is no rhyme or reason to anything I experience in my daily life, serendipity pops up its coincidental head and throws me for a loop. In Orwell's essay, he clearly describes how "political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible." What occurred to me is that the only thing that has changed since he originally published this essay in 1946 is that those in the government and the media have only become more adept at obfuscating reality. Thank G-d for an occasional Ed Snowden to let us know what time it is.
While I am not surprised about the self-deceptive and predictable rhetoric of the delusional right in this country, what is now giving them a run for their money is the disingenuous platitude-ridden rhetoric of the left that has purposefully blinded itself to an incessant move to the right....
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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