American journalist, author, commentator, and Pulitzer Prizer winner of Chris Hedges, discusses the decent of the media and journalism into a tool for the powerful with Patrick Lawrence, a fellow journalist, as well as editor and critic. Hedges once wrote for the New York Times, and Lawrence with the now defunct Far Eastern Review, the International Herald Tribune, and the New Yorker. Both found themselves cast aside for standing against the imposed narrative of the tool. That once employed them.
Here the discussion focuses on how the deception to spread ideology that benefits the ambitions of the powerful. They contrast what it means to be a principled journalist or a hack for sale, accepting widespread censorship and lies.
What is exposed here about the media in the United States could just as easily be about Australia, given that Australian media generally echoes its counterpart in the United States. This is a must watch for anyone interested in the truth.