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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes our "news" media have the public's best interest at heart or are they just in it for the money?
Or is their current role to insure nothing threatens the status quo?
We're talking television networks like NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC...
I'm not including PBS because they seem to take reporting seriously but that's not how I feel about the others. Personally, I do not care for networks that cater to one side or the other. How is it that we went from 3 major networks (pre-cable) covering news - more or less the same stories etc. and everyone had different opinions despite getting the same information?
Their aggressive approach in covering Biden/Obama/Clinton in comparison of their soft-pedalling covering TFG or W should be alarming. Their penchants for bringing on unqualified commentators (Chris Christie, Santorum, McCaskill) rather than experts in topics/issues at hand. Or spending endless hours covering something stupid that someone said rather than stories of pertinence.
I've seen a few clips of people that lost loved ones to covid due to misinformation but they never discuss what misinformation or who's producing it. It's always just "due to misinformation on the internet" or "they saw it on facebook!" and that's it. It's never a particular source - they just cut to blaming it on the platform.
Just thought I'd ask.
Please no flaming.
Thank you.
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Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Kaleva
(36,259 posts)tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)eom
Kaleva
(36,259 posts)No business can still viable long running a loss or just breaking even.
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)and then there's this: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15950590
Kaleva
(36,259 posts)tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)I have issues with them as well but not as much as television.
LeftInTX
(25,149 posts)of the networks. The money making at networks were prime time shows and not the news.
An alternative to cable news is CBSN...24 hour news by CBS...
Kaleva
(36,259 posts)Patton French
(749 posts)I assume the response is intended for the first question?
Edit: Actually three questions and one yes or no response.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)It's all about the Benjamins.
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)eom
stillcool
(32,626 posts)is part of the equation. You can't put a price on controlling perception, and the owners have lots of interests to protect.
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