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I worked in the media for umpteen years in the past. Anyone who thinks the US press colluded with the government to black out anything is flat out crazy.

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The media and the government collude to conceal important truths from the public, in the same sense that Coke and Pepsi collude to reduce consumption of tap water; which is to say, not at all, yet extremely effectively.

Sure you did. Keep on telling that to yourself buddy. Meanwhile we'll stick to reality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

That worked out well for them didn't it? Ever hear of Watergate? And, in this day and age, when media scours the 'net for stories to tell, you honestly think not one news organization anywhere picked up on the video? Everyone ignored it? (As already shown, this story about a coverup is false.)

And you think I'm the one that doesn't know what he's talking about?

They don't have to be in cahoots to black it out. The truth is far simpler: the advertisers and the majority of the staff don't like pro-snowden stories.

That's quite a stretch to say that the advertisers and majority of the staff at every news station in the country don't like pro-Snowden stories.

The truth is far simpler: the German interviewer wants more money for foreign rights to the interview than U.S. stations are willing to pay.

As shown in the comments here, this "blackout" is false and has been reported.

btw, what is your source for "the majority of the staff don't like pro-snowden stories."?

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