Today the news is consumed by McClellan's seemingly "Whistleblower" confirmation of the systematic baseless of governing ethics regarding the Bush Administration. He confirms the culture of deceit and manipulation regarding the Iraq War and the Valarie Plame outing as in part, "the constant campaign stance" that inundates Washington DC's political climate. He used the word "propaganda" to describe Bush Administration's justification to go to war alongside a self-absorbed personal ego that the man, Bush held that he needed to be a war president to be considered great. Ironically the most recent war presidents have not been great, Ford, Nixon, Johnson.

Also yesterday CNN correspondent Yellin has come out saying that the news executives worked to massage the news to align it with the current popularity of the President and "patriotic" feelings in the country. Could someone say that the popularity and patriotism was enhanced and promoted by the reporting and editing? Of course. 

Hopefully what we are embarking is a deep soul searching of honesty in our culture. It is being fueled by the outcomes, the failed outcome of the Iraq War, the failure of ethics and respect for law regarding torture, the manipulation of information, the outing of a CIA asset for political reasons, the adjunct corruption, the speculation and exploitation of our nation's financial and housing markets, and the selling off our labor and job markets and even our drunken management of our basic food stores.

It is more than one Administration gone rogue, it is a society where values and ethics have been twisted so to allow the targeted ends to prevail over any form of social or legal principle.It is a greed soaked rush for exploitation of our own self, our neighbors and our own country.

It will be interesting how this works out. How a corporate based culture focused on profits can ably report the news that could be unpopular. We saw this model with CBS and the cigarette industry. Will this story be similar in the news organizations reporting on our government? When the Bush Administration is replaced will the justice system start going back and investigating and prosecuting for lawlessness and corruption>