TOMPAINE.com - SILENCE OF THE MEDIA LAMBS
Silence of the Media Lambs is the title of a piece Greg Palast wrote for Tom Paine.com. I happened onto it in the process of trying to find an online version of his essay "Burn the Olive Tree, Sell the Lexus" which grew out of a "debate" he didn't have with Tom Friedman, author of the eponymous book.
I think the point he makes about All the President's Men is telling. That was worthy of a movie just because the investigative reporting was so extraordinary. And he certainly touches on the differences between BBC journalism and American journalism. It's an explanation that clarifies why (helps relieve the intense itch), but fails to justify it (take it away).