Momnesia

So it is.

"Freedom of the press was created not to give citizens consoling fiction, but to educate with real facts, and to counter government propaganda. I think it's tragic that the media believes its role is to create some nice narrative that has nothing to do with [the] real world. And it wasn't just a temporary thing, it went on and on and had real world consequences. With the media's willingness to go along with the government about weapons of mass destruction, a one-line apology is not sufficient. If you look at other countries and their responses to national crises, this is something that is specific to America. That said, this is not about beating up specific writers. It's about the nature of modern American journalism." - Susan Faludi, in an interview with Newsweek.