This diary was originally a comment in tote's excellent insider diary about ACORN. I've decided to repost it as a separate diary, because it's really not about tote's topic (ACORN) but about another topic that came up in the discussion: the "hegemonic media."
Is there a "hegemonic media?" Yes, but I suggest it's not for the reason most commonly (if unknowingly) cited: Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony. I think it goes to something more basic:
Mythmaking.
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