I haven't heard so far in my life, so short, precise, so concise and so clearly spoken analysis of a mainstream media self-destruction.

All the guests of Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk are spot on describing MSM as a corporate machinery in service of maintaining a two-party system at any cost. Censorship is a natural consequence of this monstrous system, which is now going into full self-destruction mode, started probably when MSM press wholeheartedly jumped in defence of an official version after JFK murder (Mark Crispin Miller), and is now finishing in a bizzare coverage of president's tweets without any need for the real news or journalists.

See how tightening a gag on America works! A starting point is this:

If you trust the mainstream media, then you are in the minority. Sadly, a great deal of media today is not designed to inform, but rather confirm political biases. This approach to the news is not only polarizing, but also lowering journalistic standards. Is this why readers and viewers seek their news elsewhere?

— Peter Lavelle

I cannot give a higher recommendation!

CrossTalking with Mark Crispin Miller, Andrew Langer, and Charles Ortel.

Duration: 23:40

• Mark Crispin Miller is a professor of media studies at NYU and an accomplished author of several books, from Boxed In: The Culture of TV (1988) and Seeing Through Movies (1990) to his more recent works on politics, including The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder and Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform. He has also written many articles for newspapers and journals, including four op-eds in the New York Times, as well as many pieces in the Nation, the New Republic, and the New York Review of Books, and articles for Harper’s, the Atlantic, Mother Jones, Esquire, and the Wall Street Journal. Through his blog, News from Underground, he is also an influential presence on the web.

• Charles Ortel is an investor and writer interested in economics, geo-politics, history, travel and just, lasting peace.

• Andrew Langer is a President of the Institute for Liberty. IFL works on a variety of issues—promoting and protecting small business, linking trade and prosperity, tilting against the regulatory state. Andrew has been involved in free-market and limited-government causes for nearly 20 years, has testified before Congress nearly two dozen times, and spoke at the historic 912DC March. In addition to being IFL’s President, he hosts a weekly internet broadcast, the Langer Cast (heard on the RELM Network), and frequently guests hosts on Baltimore’s largest talk station, WBAL, as well as Cam & Company, on NRA-TV and SiriusXM’s Patriot Channel. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Troy University and a BA in International Relations from the College of William & Mary. He has written The War on Small Business book in 2014.