I have a blog that so far deals mostly with lying and propaganda in our news media. I'm always looking for examples of how our news media act as pimps for governments or ownership or ideologies. Good example in today's Globe and Mail. Front page. May 14

It's a big picture of two girls in a classroom. They're lively and smiling at each other. Below, in big letters. it says Haitian children are finding safety and help in recovering from trauma in their schools.

The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure.             Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 1823

According to an article in Salon, some of the best newspapers - newspapers that still held the standard that democracy is maintained by freedom of information - are very sick, terminal in fact.