Why the biggest protest in the US South since Selma wasn't covered by the so-called "news" media...

[Triana]

. . . because it's infested by corprats.

[freshwest]

1. Not infested. Owned by half a dozen billionaires. The fiddler plays the tune he's paid to play. n/t

[Scuba]

20. Nor are these half-dozen independent. They're are all linked to one another ...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

23. But surely they wouldn't use this domination to skew the facts?

[JI7]

2. the news is very much about entertainment these days

the contrast really shows when you look at some of the foreign media.

[reddread]

18. I think you mean advertising?

promoting celebrities, programs and pharmaceuticals, because there is no FCC oversight and public service obligation ANYMORE.
Whose fault is that?

[okaawhatever]

19. Bottom line is the FCC lost a lot of their clout when cable came along. When we only had networks

the news business was not a money making operation.
The common argument was that the networks created news programs as part of the obligation they had to the citizens of the United States for using their airwaves. Now that we have privately owned cable channels the FCC can't dictate to the networks the way they used to, especially with the current scotus. When all the channels were broadcast, the government could argue that no one made money on the news and that the playing field was level. Now that channels like CNN and Fox can make money with their "news" there's an unfair advantage to forcing certain rules on the broadcasters. I think a normal scotus would back the FCC but not the psychos we currently have on the court.

Media reform is of utmost importance to our democratic process, I just think it will require Congress and not the FCC to pull it off.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. ,

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[Jamaal510]

4. I saw MSNBC and especially Al Sharpton

cover the protests the past few days. He has really been on it.

[marions ghost]

7. Not really mainstream

glad we have MSNBC but it's not where about 75% of the country gets news.

[Jamaal510]

8. True dat. eom

[freshwest]

22. They are an anomaly, but very welcome ones! Rev Al always gets it right. n/t

[cer7711]

5. So True. Now, if 3 Tea-baggers Showed Up On A Street Corner . . .

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. . . you'd have had "lights, camera, action!" people tripping over each other to film the doofist trio.

PS. And lest you think that latter category of "action!" is a bit over the top as a descriptor for the press--remember the Fox newsbabe caught orchestrating tea-baggers before the cameras?

Revolution is coming, and apparently it won't be televised . . .

[Cha]

13. BIN-GO! They're all teabaggers now.. Kochs are seeing to that.

Pity they couldn't buy the 2012 election, though. Freaking dodged a bullet and there's more to come.

They got the most of the newstations.. the US House.. they want the White House and the Senate.

[libodem]

21. Exactly

Same thing I was thinking.

[AndyTiedye]

6. They Bought the Networks to Control the News

Jack Welch was CEO of GE when it bought NBC and he freely admitted that he was doing so to control their news division.

[marions ghost]

10. Exactly

the public is allowed to know what the honchos think we need to know.

Nobody working for those networks can tell you otherwise. They know their job is to follow instructions.

[reddread]

11. in 1986, the same year Bill Casey assembled Capital Cities and purchased ABC

and voila, the Nuclear Freeze Movement was frozen out of existence.
POOF!

[liberal_at_heart]

9. K&R

[Cha]

12. It's up to us.. it has been for a Long Time!

Fucking mediawhoregopropaganda Machines.

[woo me with science]

14. K&R

[libtodeath]

15. K&R

The right wing media is at war with the public now.

[liberal from boston]

16. O'Donnell video of Moral Protests

Lawrence O'Donnell had an excellent segment on Moral Protest. Interesting comments from Ari Berman who was at the Protest. Lawrence pointed out that it was similar to the Selma March & showed polls that Republicans are in big trouble in NC. Link is below:

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/ncs-moral-protests-return-in-a-big-way-146572867513

[Triana]

17. Yet not a peep from the media...

....(other than briefly mentioned by Rachel and Ed on MSNBC).

That's just sad, disappointing, disgusting and... obvious.