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	<title>Comments on: Will &#8220;amateurs&#8221; save democracy from the &#8220;professionals&#8221;?</title>
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		<title>By: Jake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First, I apologize for yet another comment on your blog. Having said that...

Never have I read truer words...

The mainstream media is nothing more than a propoganda tool used by those who have specific agendas in mind (and Im not talking conspiracy theories or anything like that). The whole news system in America is nothing short of garbage. No matter what news channel you flip to you see the exact same tickers with the exact same stories, and if your lucky enough, you can get the same story three times in a row by channel surfing.

I think Keens comments about the bloggers and internet newsies are spouted off out of fear. The mainstream media is beginning to panic, they realize there is a shift in the perceptions of the nation with rss feeds, mobile phones with internet access, email updates, etc which are slowly inching their way in and replacing the nonsensical ravings of some plastic no nothing going on and on about what brittany did last night, or what the newest teen idol thinks of the latest political news.

Certainly not what the founders of the country had envisioned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, I apologize for yet another comment on your blog. Having said that&#8230;</p>
<p>Never have I read truer words&#8230;</p>
<p>The mainstream media is nothing more than a propoganda tool used by those who have specific agendas in mind (and Im not talking conspiracy theories or anything like that). The whole news system in America is nothing short of garbage. No matter what news channel you flip to you see the exact same tickers with the exact same stories, and if your lucky enough, you can get the same story three times in a row by channel surfing.</p>
<p>I think Keens comments about the bloggers and internet newsies are spouted off out of fear. The mainstream media is beginning to panic, they realize there is a shift in the perceptions of the nation with rss feeds, mobile phones with internet access, email updates, etc which are slowly inching their way in and replacing the nonsensical ravings of some plastic no nothing going on and on about what brittany did last night, or what the newest teen idol thinks of the latest political news.</p>
<p>Certainly not what the founders of the country had envisioned.</p>
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