We are all The Media's sheep

Bob Harris, who's guest-hosting This Modern World, points out these scary incidents of media manipulation.

As a rule, passive tense equals at least some level of manipulation. Any decent writer knows to avoid it, precisely because it's confusing -- but editors often rely on passive tense to keep uncomfortable questions about individual and collective responsibility (including their own) at bay.

The people who manipulate public opinion in this way are the same people, I am convinced, that are responisble for Josh Gracin not being voted off American Idol tonight.

I told you I was obsessed.