johntwodogs: 1.the media that propagates lies canNOT be trusted until it corrects such lies on the air and encourages rather than suffocates ACTUAL public discourse INDEPENDENT of corporate maneuvering....2 the broadcasting of lies has become normal because of the misplaced trust in our 'end of history' trance-state perpetuated via moral cowardice in broadcasting leadership and the clever (tho when viewed through the lens of our interconnectedness as a species with all life, abysmally unintelligent) erosion of ACTUAL mechanisms of justice through myopic self-interest and 3.the accountability lies within all individual persons and groups from small to global who need to assess the longterm sustainability of this obviously broken system.... human health care cannot be separated from earth health care or agriculture health care or conscience health care or community health care or ethical health care. respect for actual truth is a prerequisite to dealing realistically with real problems. to attack the problem of a diseased economic system utilizing only the tools and philosophies and skills grown out of that system ( especially the utilization of lies/duplicity/secrecy!!!) is to assure failure and digging the hole we're in ever deeper. we won't get out of the rut til we collectively open our minds and hearts to SEE the suffering and harm rippling out from such a pinched willingness to shore up and perpetuate false systems of 'security' or 'freedom' that in reality do their utmost to strip people of the power of critical thinking and resilience.
For example (quoting the article::

******"It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person's political affiliation, prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system. Does this possibility concern you?"

When asked who specifically has "suggested" that Republican voters could be "discriminated against," RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright said "the question was inartfully worded" but did not say who suggested it.*****

Pretty ARTFUL wording in defense of the Machiavellian ART of LYING, if you ask me, Katie.
"It has been suggested" is a red flag that the marketing of the message is not just a higher priority than, but an obfuscation of the truth, which would logically demand ACTUAL journalistic integrity, as in quoting a SOURCE and would include specific facts as to who or what is doing the 'suggesting'.

Hey the media are conspirators at all levels of the MIC-cheat, they (broadcast/cable) give themselves away when they conspire to all switch to commercials at the same time. Proof they conspire. Proof of untrustworthyness. God bless the mute button

yes, but divestment/boycotting is most effective if one makes a point of informing the corporate structure (as well as media willing to report it) WHY and joining with others to do so, since the power of one is so negligible in some ways... does anyone know of (other than boycotting walmart or israeli products) concerted efforts of the kind en masse??? wish every city had a reverend billy and church of life after shopping..... how's his mayoral bid in nyc going... anybody know?

Henry8: How can we expect other than that 30-second commercials will be lies, whether delivered as Pelosi/Reid/Obama look into the camera and lie; or whether the opposition uses its ridiculous expanding balloons to show how universal health care is going to bankrupt us? What we really need now is not duelling commercials or vigils and congressional call-ins to support (what?); but some right-out public education on the facts of the health care situation. We need real health care forums in which health care delivery experts who are able to talk in human speech will speak to the people about both the health care system we currently have and that which would result from public familiarity with the details(still unknown but with enough possibility that the public should understand them) of any given proposal). I know it's a radical thought but as a professional educator I can't bear to see the mindlessness with which the people are being lined up by their "leaders" to support or oppose legislation that they don't even understand. More radically still, I would propose a 4-month moratorium during which any debate on health care directed toward support or opposition to any specific legislation would be delayed as this period of time is devoted to a period of education; after we've done the "course" and taken the "final exam" we'll then be certified as fit to become involved in the "debate." Short of something like this (and I'm speaking figuratively here, don't bombard me with "how you gonna do it" questions), we ain't seen nothin' yet in the deluge of commercials that is yet but a sprinkle by comparison. Just wait until the $150 million that Obama got from pharmaceutical companies for PR work in support of "his" plan (whatever that may turn out to be) in exchange for government agreeing to forego negotiations in drug prices
kicks in. We may shortly see on the air waves a brief interruption in endless commercials to bring audiences a snippet of the program that are sponsoring. This could truly make you sick with no health care remedy to media nausea.