American "news" is rife with examples, but no example more clearly illustrates the power of the mainstream media over the American mindset then the pump-up for the invasion of Iraq.


A partial list of members of this clique:

http://www.fox.com/
http://www.newscorp.com/
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.drudgereport.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.latimes.com/
http://online.wsj.com/public/us

Some on-line alternatives:

http://www.antiwar.com/
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://www.truthdig.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://news.myway.com/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.thenation.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3042924/
http://www.informationweek.com/
http://www.salon.com/index.html
http://www.motherjones.com/


Read about what happened to the only mainstream player who stood up to the war machine's crusade, Phil Donohue


Read about media consolidation and who owns and controls the media:

http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/owners.html


Bill