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Freddy Gray wonders whether any video of George Monbiot’s attempted citizen’s arrest of John Bolton has surfaced. Apparently not, but our (okay, my) favorite media lefty, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!,  interviewed Mr. Monbiot this morning about the incident.  Also notable is this annoyingly brief interview with Gore Vidal, where he performs a bit of public service himself, […]

Freddy Gray wonders whether any video of George Monbiot’s attempted citizen’s arrest of John Bolton has surfaced. Apparently not, but our (okay, my) favorite media lefty, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!,  interviewed Mr. Monbiot this morning about the incident. 

Also notable is this annoyingly brief interview with Gore Vidal, where he performs a bit of public service himself, reminding us all that JFK was actually a fairly lousy president we foisted upon ourselves in no small part because his ineptitude as a PT captain was transformed by Joe-opted journalists into heroic mythology (not to belittle the very real bravery of Lt. Kennedy and his men after he managed to wreck his command and strand his crew). Vidal also disses his old nemesis, the New York Times, for past slights.

Media manipulation, martial glory mythologized to serve power, scions of wealth out of their depth, the paper of record an object of contempt; plus ca change…

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