criminal is as criminal does - Murdoch and the corrupt&venal MSM

drafting - under review

.. democracy ...

  .. cannot live whilst ...

    .. being smothered by a lie-cloud

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The Murdoch phone-bugging scandal is just the tip of a *very* dirty iceberg.

Examine this headline:

For Years, the Tabloids' Sting Kept British Politicians in Line
  «Fear of media harassment and political necessity have long underpinned the uneasy collusion between British politicians and the nation's tabloids.» 
[nyt/110710]

Comment: NYT is itself corrupt, yet even they can't lie all the time.

That's not all. As well as running a 'political agenda,' Murdoch and the corrupt&venal MSM - including, to their ever-lasting shame & *damnation*, the AusBC - all together tell us outrageous lies.

The case should not need any further proof - only the totally brain-dead may still be unaware, but just in case:

1. That Murdoch's papers lie, proof = continuous malfeasance, from the current scandal all the way 'back' at least to the continuous, despicable and scurrilous '72-'75 campaign against the twice democratically elected PM Whitlam & his Labor party government.

2. That the corrupt&venal MSM lie, proof = Iraq's *non-existent* WMDs.

3. That the AusBC lies, proof = Israeli hasbara, conduited *and actively assisted* by the taxpayer-funded AusBC, including the un- & anti-democratic 'unleashed' moderators.

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Now, always worth a repeat, "of, by, for the people etc." democracy *requires*, among a few other vital components, a fully and fairly informed electorate.

Smothering the people with a lie-cloud clearly falls more than just a bit short...

That's still not all. As we see with UK PM Cameron, there is a 'working relationship' between the corrupt&venal MSM and the government, as proved by Cameron hiring a Murdoch cast-off.

The 'full scoop' is that both 'opposing' parties in our predominately two-party system cooperate more or less fully with the MSM, the only exception being when some part or all of the MSM decides to attack one side or the other; in the case of Murdoch usually the 'nominally left' party = Labor in Aus, say.

One could say that being attacked is the fault of the party, since occasionally they are in power and could 'deal with' any rogue elements - yet they don't so deal; why not? See the nyt article, perhaps.

But that's still not all.

Our so-called 'leaders' are not leaders at all, they're *pushers*. They push 'the program' onto us, we the *supposedly* sovereign people, this pushing otherwise being known as 'engineering consent.' Here's another article (headline only):

Democratization Can't Save Europe
  «Despite the myriad problems currently facing the European Union, democratization is not the answer. Rather, the EU's elites need to improve -- and power has to be taken away from the periphery.» 
[spiegel/110708]

Comment: Clear; disenfranchise the people even further. A dis-informed, mal-informed, outright deceived electorate cannot make rational voting decisions (except possibly to rebel); no consent may be 'engineered' = procured, from a deliberately dumbed-down populace.

Here's another article (headline only):

Brown takes aim at papers' 'criminal links'
  «Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has accused Rupert Murdoch's media empire of using criminals to obtain his private documents.» 
[AusBC/110712]

Comment: Brown can now afford to snipe; he's a 'yesterday' person. Cameron has already ordered a public inquiry, but we all know that enquiries are *also* corrupt, and will only return 'pre-specified' results. Nevertheless, it's going to be 'touch and go' before some accommodation is found.

In a nutshell: The 'democratic covenant' is totally kaput; we the people are powerless passengers, and the so-called 'leaders' are leading us over several cliffs; economic (neoliberalism), war (murder for spoil) & environmental = excess-CO2 caused climate-catastrophe.

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Fazit: Stop referring to our 'modus vivendi' as democracy; it ain't.

Where's my effective vote?

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[more later - perhaps]