For anyone with the stamina to take a really good look at how ill-served Americans are by their media, I recommend a major article recently by Ron Unz, publisher of the American Conservative.

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Once an article is on a Web site, it costs the publisher nothing to have it read.

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That publisher is free to accept or reject any article.

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