Karmadillo
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:40 PM
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Stupid Question: Why are we using the term "mainstream media"? |
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Edited on Mon Dec-13-04 10:46 PM by Karmadillo
Given it's owned by corporations who use it as a mouthpiece for the oligarchs, isn't "mainstream" something of a misnomer?
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:41 PM
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1. Do you prefer "The Corporate Media?" |
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Or "The So-Called Liberal Media?"
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Karmadillo
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:43 PM
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2. I like "corporate media", but either is certainly more accurate than msm. |
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Tue Dec-14-04 06:39 AM
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9. "MSM" is a Freeper term, from Free Republic |
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that has been transferred here recently. Mainstream media is what the Freepers call "Liberal Media" when they are trying to be subtle.
I can't stand the term "mainstream media" - I think it's a red herring - it's not the "mainstream" part that's the problem, it's the corporate part.
Hence, I always use Corporate Media.
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Tue Dec-14-04 09:45 AM
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12. One would think we would want to avoid using Freeper terminology. |
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Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 09:46 AM by Karmadillo
Thanks for the explanation. I wonder what made DU embrace the term so suddenly.
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:45 PM
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3. memorandum: henceforth |
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Mainstream Media will be known as Corporate Media.
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Tue Dec-14-04 01:07 AM
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7. Corporate media it is. n/t |
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:48 PM
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4. Since it controls the mainstream print, television and radio |
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and reaches mainstream America, what else would one call it?
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:49 PM
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5. Why do we use the term "partial birth" ??? |
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The repukes are good at using buzz words to brain wash the sheep.
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Mon Dec-13-04 10:52 PM
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This election story has been told in little snippits, here and there by local news outlets but the Mega media hasn't bothered to pay much attention.
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Tue Dec-14-04 01:07 AM
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8. I thought we used the term in an ironic way -- understanding... |
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that our media is mainstream in the same way that Fox is fair and balanced. I usually put quotation marks around it: "mainstream media."
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Tue Dec-14-04 07:46 AM
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10. mainstream media are those media who's messages reach |
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the vast majority of the people, thus shaping the 'public mind'.
The fact that these media are propaganda machines for corporate interests doesn't change that.
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Tue Dec-14-04 08:17 AM
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11. It's the National Media nt |
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