CounterSpin, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, October 3, 2010 0:15 - 1 Comment

CounterSpin – Quality Control: Why ‘great’ (media) minds think alike

From the “Muslim plot against the pope" that never was to “Red Ed” Miliband’s victory, Musab Younis shows, in this week's CounterSpin column, how the media industry systemically enforces conformity within its ranks. Indeed, a journalist’s route to success, Younis argues, is not merely a readiness to obey orders, but the hard-earned discipline not to need them at all.