THE CRISIS IN THE MEDIA

As the financial crisis began to roll in 2006 – and in the years that followed – it became painfully clear that the mainstream media journalists had a very tough time getting a firm grip on the full story. Somehow the deep, dark aspects of criminality and ingrained systemic corruption seemed to elude politicians and financial analysts alike.
At Al-Jazeera, commentator Danny Schechter has a brief article on the subject of media negligence, which is well worth reading.