Danny Schechter - ICEBERG AHEAD: The Big Money That is Sinking Democracy
May 8, 2012 Listen to Danny's Radio show "The News Dissector" weekly on Friday's at 1pm (Eastern Time)
I keep thinking of that clear April night 100 years ago when the unsinkable HMS Titanic steamed towards New York. It was actually on its way to dock just a few blocks from where I live at what are now the Chelsea Piers. There was a sense of optimism abroad as a new record for a speedy transatlantic passage was about to be set.
There was music, dancing and fine wine. That is, until they saw that iceberg high in the water. The Captain and his mates were aware that 80 percent of it was underwater and out of sight.
They didn't react in time.
Everyone knows the story -- most recently recreated in 3-D -- but the lesson is really not just about that great ship that went down, or even the company that bypassed safety regulations, or even the hubris of the owners whose greed sent so many passengers to that legendary "watery grave."
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