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My Experiences up Close with the People Who Bombed a 700-Year-Old Civilization into Dust

I learned how the power of the executive branch has corrupted mass media.

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This story is for me the key to understanding how executive branch power has corrupted the mass media, which overall suppresses more than promotes democracy. The executive does not have to tell mass media journalists what to write. It just absorbs them.

Fred Branfman's writing has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Harper’s, and many other publications. He is the author of Voices From the Plain of Jars, and can be reached at fredbranfman@aol.com.

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