United States - The Ultra-Right Pot Boils Over:
"This is another feature of the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, a mass gutter press, the 'boulevard papers' in France, and the 'Blaetter' (rags) in Germany. The rightists claim that the great majority of the mass media have a liberal bias, and therefore this right-wing constellation is needed to restore the balance. But the fact is that the big press is all controlled by the corporations and serves their interest. The so-called liberal newspapers have to maintain some credibility for thinking people. That is not true of the right-wing media. They simply reinforce the prejudices of bigots and are now whipping them into a frenzy."
"This is another feature of the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, a mass gutter press, the 'boulevard papers' in France, and the 'Blaetter' (rags) in Germany. The rightists claim that the great majority of the mass media have a liberal bias, and therefore this right-wing constellation is needed to restore the balance. But the fact is that the big press is all controlled by the corporations and serves their interest. The so-called liberal newspapers have to maintain some credibility for thinking people. That is not true of the right-wing media. They simply reinforce the prejudices of bigots and are now whipping them into a frenzy."
