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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:23 AM Mar 2016

Newspaper insider tells why you are not getting real news (VIDEO)

I had a caller from a newspaper reporter on my Politics Done Right radio show that said something we all surmised. Editorial boards are no more than marketing departments who feed news based on what they believe people want to hear and not what is occurring.

It was a great show. You can watch the entire strip here:
http://politicsdoneright.com/2016/03/disproportionate-media-coverage-issues-killing-us-ways-one/

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Newspaper insider tells why you are not getting real news (VIDEO) (Original Post) egbertowillies Mar 2016 OP

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I've been assuming that for some time now. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #2

The "News" media exists to get eyeballs to advertisements. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #3

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lpbk2713

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2. I've been assuming that for some time now.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:32 AM

Mar 2016

Even today local TV weather reports stay away from anything that might approach global warming/climate change from any direction for fear of invoking the wrath of a certain cluster of viewers.

Odin2005

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3. The "News" media exists to get eyeballs to advertisements.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 01:45 PM

Mar 2016

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