Part of the failure of the corporate media is that they don't dig out stories anymore. They are looking down from the top floors. Media work used to be something that was down on the ground level. Now they are looking out of the windows in the top suites, and they don't know what's going on out there. And then there are the corporate owners who don't want this stuff reported because if one town learns that the next town has defeated Wal-Mart or stopped sweatshop goods, then other towns are going to want to do the same thing.
Jim HightowerThe Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.
Jim HightowerWhen Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
Jim HightowerIt's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'
Jim HightowerThe real bias of the media is not to the left or to the right, but to the thin strata of economic elites at the top of our society.
Jim Hightower