The major news outlets, from CNN to the New York Times, have been shown to be in close and unfair collusion with the Democratic Party and with the campaign of Hillary Clinton. In a way, this and the effort by progressives to subvert the Catholic Church from within<\/a> are the two most troubling revelations from Wikileaks this year.<\/p>\n Other leaks have gotten much more attention in the media and blogosphere, as they have shown us inside information about Clinton\u2019s campaign, touching on how her aides felt about the ill-advised email server, and bringing to light some questionable activities related to her private foundation. But these are merely the private machinations and moral defects of one person. The machinations and moral defects of the Press are another matter altogether.<\/p>\n In the case of the Press, alleged misdeeds are\u00a0far more sinister and devastating because they have a wider effect. By \u201cThe Press\u201d here I am referring to\u00a0the so-called \u201cmainstream media\u201d, namely the nation\u2019s most prominent newspapers (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal), and TV news outlets (CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, Fox), and maybe NPR radio. Note that I am not including\u00a0blogs (like mine, nice as it may be). Nor do I include\u00a0progressive or socialist news outlets, or the \u201calt-right\u201d. \u00a0(Regarding \u201cbalance\u201d I suppose that one could argue persuasively that if you set the Daily Kos on one end of a teeter-totter with Breitbart on the other end, and put all the other news sources in between, then it all balances out; Although I personally digest information from\u00a0both ends of the spectrum, I do bemoan this kind of fragmentation\u2013like trying to see through a kaleidoscope). My concern for purposes of this article is about the \u201cmainstream media\u201d. \u00a0We are talking about a kind of social institution which has claimed to be our window to truth.<\/p>\n A good bit of the credibility of the Press has been tied to the idea of impartiality. \u00a0Despite the fact that media types donate to Democrats over Republicans 10 to 1<\/a>, and that\u00a0Gallup polls show most Americans believe the media to be biased towards liberals<\/a>, those who have publicly questioned this impartiality of the media have generally been dismissed, and besmirched as activists or deceivers. For a recent example, Poynter.com<\/a> asked University of Connecticut Associate Professor of Communications Dave D\u2019Alessio the question, \u201cIs media bias really rampant?\u201d He replies in the negative; Apparently bias, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder:<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to rally the troops. Both of the sides know that the way to get anything done is to get everyone on the same page, so anything they can do to create an opposition is good, because they can point at the media and say \u201cThe media are out to get me. The media are out to get us. So we can fight against this. And the way to do that is to vote for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Well, now there is fairly incontrovertible proof that those who suspected unfairness were right. Evidence from released emails suggests that the problem might even be worse than anyone thought.<\/p>\n In one glaring example of collusion CNN contributor and new interim DNC chair Donna Brazile gave to Hillary Clinton some Town Hall debate questions in advance<\/a>. She was subsequently fired from CNN but remained as interim DNC chair. (See this Fox News report<\/a>, for example). When confronted about the email, she showed no remorse or sensitivity: \u201cI will not stand here and be persecuted because your information is totally false,\u201d Brazile said. \u201cPodesta\u2019s emails were stolen. You\u2019re so interested in talking about stolen material, you\u2019re like a thief that wants to bring into the night the things that you found that was in the gutter.\u00a0<\/em>(Read more at Politico<\/a>).<\/p>\n Here are a few more examples:<\/p>\n The Democratic National Committee apparently suggested questions to CNN to hammer at Trump and Cruz<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Washington Post reporter asked for DNC research \/ dirt on Trump<\/a> to put into an article.<\/p>\n CNBC asked the Clinton campaign what questions to ask Trump<\/a> in advance of an interview.<\/p>\n John Podesta, Clinton\u2019s campaign manager, has been famously quoted as saying that the\u00a0New York Times is \u201cour press\u201d. \u00a0In support of this idea, leaked emails have shown that he apparently received rough drafts<\/a> of Politico and New York Times stories to read over prior to publication.\u00a0In one email he gloated about having\u00a0placed pro-Hillary articles in Politico<\/a>. \u00a0Furthermore, Clinton staffers were given the option of vetoing parts of NYT stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n