The problem with American media
The problem with American Media is that the News Divisions of TV stations are allowed to be profit centers. Corporations gladly pay whatever it takes to put their commercials on, which wildly inflates commercial spots. "Normal" advertisers can't afford to compete, and Corporate advertisers become "too big to fail".
This makes the Media beholden to the advertisers: be nice to the interviewees or ads will be pulled; don't criticize the corporation's Cartel or ads will be pulled.
I think the most outrageous problem with the Media is that Fox and Rush and CNBC etc get to outright lie on the air, and there's no correction or retraction or shame or lesson learned. "I saw it on the TV, so it must be true. They didn't shut off the camera so it must be true," is what gullible Americans conclude.
A Corporate-owned Media will not report that DC politicians are Corporate-owned. A Corporate-owned Congress/President will not regulate Media to remove the Corporate influence. Meanwhile, Americans are fooled into thinking the struggle is Republican vs Democrat, when the struggle is actually Americans vs the Corporate Lobbyists.
This makes the Media beholden to the advertisers: be nice to the interviewees or ads will be pulled; don't criticize the corporation's Cartel or ads will be pulled.
I think the most outrageous problem with the Media is that Fox and Rush and CNBC etc get to outright lie on the air, and there's no correction or retraction or shame or lesson learned. "I saw it on the TV, so it must be true. They didn't shut off the camera so it must be true," is what gullible Americans conclude.
A Corporate-owned Media will not report that DC politicians are Corporate-owned. A Corporate-owned Congress/President will not regulate Media to remove the Corporate influence. Meanwhile, Americans are fooled into thinking the struggle is Republican vs Democrat, when the struggle is actually Americans vs the Corporate Lobbyists.
posted by batguano at 8:21 PM
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