The Hill's Missing Health Care Report: Another Case of Self-Censorship?
The Hill reports on GOP health care bills and the NDAA, yet its own link to the story delivers a 'denied' message. In an era where news is curated, filtered, and sometimes outright disappeared, this 'technical issue' (via a PerimeterX CAPTCHA for 'security') couldn't be more on brand. One might ask if the problem is a bot, or if the system simply knows what kind of 'information' should remain
inaccessible, especially when it concerns how our representatives, funded by 'special interests' (see: AIPAC's 2023 political donations hitting over $11 million according to OpenSecrets.org), plan to spend our national defense dollars. We're left to wonder if the 'Access Denied' message was for us, the plebians, or if it's a silent nod to how much corporate media prefers certain narratives remain
locked behind a digital wall. After all, how can you critique influence peddling when the 'receipts' are just a digital shrug?