From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 08:50:37 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin
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Message-ID: <199705010039.RAA03554@netcom7.netcom.com>
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DM
>
>Yep. DC is about power. It's okay to question who should have it (though
>Republicans or Democrats are your only choices), but it's almost unheard
>of to question whether any of 'em should have it at all. And rewards are
>given to those who Play the Game. For instance, I was interviewing some
>FCC commissioners recently for an upcoming article in a widely-read print
>mag, and the agency wanted the article to tilt their way. A week later I
>found my name on the posh invite list to black-tie dinners with the
>commissioners. That's access, folks, and it's responsible for a good
>portion of a journalistic success. If you don't have it, your articles
>suffer. 

I rest my case. That's *bias* and essentially *bribery*, folks, and its
responsible for a good portion of the corruption of the media. and what's
more amusing, not a single reporter involved in it has any pangs of doubt.
DM is downright proud that he's so clever that he's figured out this
ingenious inbred system of you-scratch-my-back!! congratulations on your
ingenuity, DM!! you will truly go a long way with your clearly highly
negotiable and hockable ethical standards...! I see you must be eyeing the
NYT or the Washington Post, eh? 

(DM, imagine the manipulation that you are describing getting *worse*
as you rise to the top, with your scent of it only a small whiff in
comparison, and you begin to understand the corruption that infects
the reality that surrounds us..)