in AP scandal, mainstream media gets a taste of government medicine

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http://www.nationofchange.org/ap-scandal-mainstream-media-gets-taste-government-medicine-1368971764

Our beloved corporate-owned fourth estate has received a taste of nasty government medicine that other activists have recently swallowed in heavy doses: Obama’s prescription of overzealous investigations to find government whistleblowers.

Mainstream media was flabbergasted this week after the Associated Press revealed that the U.S. Justice Department secretly tracked and obtained the phone records of upwards of 20 reporters and editors who work for the wire service. DoJ apparently seized the records to learn who in the government leaked information about a Saudi double agent that had infiltrated al Qaeda.

But a question lingers in my mind: why is the media surprised the government is spying on them? When the AP scandal broke this week, Democrats and Republicans expressed anger. In a Fox News online article, Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte said he planned to grill Attorney General Eric Holder because “Congress and the American people expect answers and accountability."

Mainstream media also jumped on the bandwagon, and arguably drove it. Big publications lined up and released a series of articles condemning the government's overreach.

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1. Because

"But a question lingers in my mind: why is the media surprised the government is spying on them?"

...the media are hypocrites.

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