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Re:As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Publi... by untog on Thursday July 25, 2013 @12:43PM (#6103344)
I know that's a popular thing to say, but the mainstream media broke the story. In what way are they a government mouthpiece?
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Re:As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Publi... by jessaustin on Thursday July 25, 2013 @02:03PM (#6103882)
In what way...

When they regurgitate the content of a government press release or briefing without challenging both its basic premises and noteworthy claims, which they all do every single day, many times a day, the popular news media perfectly inhabits the role of "government mouthpiece". This includes the many instances of on-the-one-hand-on-the-other press-release ping-pong between the two allegedly opposed narratives provided by our two allegedly opposed political parties.

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Re:As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Publi... by dhugiaskmak on Thursday July 25, 2013 @02:33PM (#6104077)
The media didn't break anything. Snowden gave them the story, which they have mostly ignored in favor of hit pieces against him as a traitor and a coward.
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Re:As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Publi... by untog on Thursday July 25, 2013 @04:35PM (#6104799)
Perhaps you need to look up the definition of "breaking a story":

"to be the first to broadcast or distribute the story of an event."[1]

Snowden provided the information, the media absolutely broke the story.

[1] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/break+a+story

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Re:As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Publi... by chongli on Thursday July 25, 2013 @01:37PM (#6103691)
You're right, it is a sweeping generalization. It'd be better to say that most of the mainstream media serves as the government mouthpiece. A few key outlets continue to serve the vital role of breaking important stories such as this one.
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