See Glenn Greenwald on the fascist leader-worship of the conservatives, and the power worship of the press. On the latter, it is instructive to remember the late Tim Russert. Indeed, how could we forget? Cable TV has been obsessed with their colleague since his death. Time Magazine, we are reminded again and again, named him one of the 100 most powerful people in America, that is, one of the people most powerfully serving and advancing the state and the power elite. Of course, cable figures also lionize him because it enhances, or so they think, their own bloated sense of … Continue reading Fuhrerprincip