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Howard Fineman has an excellent column up today:

A political party is dying before our eyes — and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the "mainstream media," which is being destroyed by the opposition (or worse, the casual disdain) of George Bush's Republican Party; by competition from other news outlets (led by the internet and Fox's canny Roger Ailes); and by its own fraying journalistic standards. At the height of its power, the AMMP (the American Mainstream Media Party) helped validate the civil rights movement, end a war and oust a power-mad president. But all that is ancient history.

I think he really touches all of the bases here, and many might be surprised that a blogger has enough non-partisan romanticism left to agree with this statement:

Still, the notion of a neutral, non-partisan mainstream press was, to me at least, worth holding onto.

Is it too late? And is the coming alternative inherently or sustainably superior? I guess we'll all find out.

Posted by Bill at January 12, 2005 12:36 PM | TrackBack (0)

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