Informant38

The Iraq war wasn't sold to the American people by the use of a non-existent threat of WMD's. It wasn't a result of a discussion of terms and points in which the case for war was made by lying politicians. Those were simply the formal gestures that gave the invasion a gloss of American intent. The Iraq war was legitimized emotionally, and the emotions of the American majority are the property of CNN FOX and MSNBC. Those networks are in turn the property of men and groups of men whose interests were and are being served by the invasion and occupation and castration of Iraq.
Attaching significance to the politicians who spoke the lies, past a certain point, is complicity. It's why they're there, to take the accusations and, if necessary, fade. It's important to hold them to account for the things they've done and said, but it's vital to keep in mind that where they said it is now a part of the game. If Bush had made his case in the newspapers and magazines alone, even if he'd used his time on television to make it, without the networks it wouldn't have happened. That's who lied to the American people.
So when the networks are unanimously stressing the importance of the death and election of the Pope you can bet it's more of the same. Intentional excitement - the people look to the networks to tell them what's important, and what to feel about what's important.
The power of the Catholic Church in Latin America is much greater than it is in Europe, now. And Latin America is getting hot.