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... Deconstructing ACORN.

... if your goal is to provide a propaganda service on behalf of the powers that be, then you should at least aim to be effective. But ACORN was destroyed regardless. Even worse, Jon Stewart did a skit on ACORN on Tuesday when only Fox was covering the story and then on Thursday Jay Leno made gags about the hapless community organizers in his opening routine. Both comedians assumed that their audiences already knew the story, which means that the ‘mainstream media’ isn’t setting the agenda any more — and thus can hardly be described as mainstream.