Media Monopoly - The Blame The Democrats/Give Republicans A Free Pass Media Narrative

[TomCADem]

The Republicans voted en masse to block the repeal of DADT and are opposing the Dream Act. So, who is getting blamed in the media? President Obama and the Democrats. Not the Republicans. Not John McCain, who flipped flopped and promise to support the legislation on the table.

Yet, aside from Rachel Maddow and some liberal shows that are calling out the Republicans on yet another filibuster, most of the corporate media is giving Republicans a free pass, and blaming the Democrats even though most voted in support of such legislation.

Why is this narrative so universal that some liberals even adopt the narrative, and even express admiration for the obstructionist efforts of the Republicans?

Easy. Many of us really have no choice on what to believe, because the corporations control what we see and hear. The "liberal media" myth is the biggest lie that still has legs. What liberal media? There is only Media, Inc., and it is not liberal:

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[Mister Ed]

1. K & R for the graphics - but...

...I'm such a klutz, I accidentally hit the "unrec" link by mistake. Very sorry.

:-(

[liberal N proud]

2. How is American propaganda different than China or what the Russians had?

With the illusion of multiple outlets, no one suspected this as it happened.

[TomCADem]

3. The U.S. Has Five Corporate Media Major Outlets That Control The Majority Of Media

And they all have the exact same incentive to make their corporate advertisers happy. Is it any surprise that Fox News is so profitable per the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html

Mr. Ailes is certainly making money. At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined. The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year, according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute.

Why does so much of the media simply repeat the same exact stories regardless of channel, newspaper or station? Because they are mostly owned by an Oligarchy of five conglomorates who cater to the same sets of corporate advertisers.

[defendandprotect]

7. Exactly ... was just making that post in another thread .... been going on for decades ....

not only do we suffer from right wing attacks on all of our "free press" --

but there has for decades basically been NO leftwing response!!

Just collapse!!

[defendandprotect]

4. Sadly, if anyone is watching these shows... they're kinda getting what they deserve...!!

[TomCADem]

5. How Can Even A Liberal Watch Any TV Without Going To The Big Five?

Unless you are a recluse, there is no escaping the Big Media narrative. Look at DU. The Big Media narrative tends to drive this discussion board. Worse, it not only drives the topics, but it sometimes drives the frame of reference. Tax cuts to the rich is framed as a "liberal issue," and not a middle class issue or a deficit fighting issue. The Sherrod Shirley episode was framed as an example of Obama administration overreaction, rather than as another blatant example of right wing lies, and a complicit corporate media spreading these lies without verification.

YOU SIMPLY CANNOT ESCAPE! Its like the movie the Matrix. It may all be a lie, but given the pervasive nature of the lie, how can most people know better? Right wing talking points opposing an Obama administration policy end up being repackaged as a progressive talking that says the same thing.

What I find incredibly frustrating is the uniformity of the media narrative. There is no freaking way they can all be saying the same thing when you discover that each newspaper you reading is buying from the same corporate media sources. Whether it is MSNBC or Yahoo or your local paper, you may be reading the same AP story with minor changes.

[defendandprotect]

6. If you don't watch TV ... you're a "recluse" ... ???? Watch C-span ...

watch Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olberman --- SCHULTZ ---

Listen to what's left of liberal radio -- Thom Hartman, Schultz, Randi Rhodes --

You can excape -- turn it off. And, first, let me make clear that many of us for decades

have been trying to fight right wing media -- it's not going to happen. Any more than

Germans or Russians could fight their propaganda machines. Not until we change the system

from corporate back to people's government.

And long, long, long ago our news gathering sources began to change hands -- many foreigners,

including Saudis own them now.

But keep Orwell and "1984" in mind -- 1984 did arrive -- so did 'NEWSPEAK' ---

And the SCREEN cannot be a controlling point for citizens!

Sadly, people are still sitting in front of their TVs waiting for corporate news readers to

tell them something!

There's only one way the right wing can rise anywhere -- and that's thru political violence

and stolen elections --

We've had 50+ years of right wing political violence in America still unacknowledged by MSM.

The voting computers -- large and small -- have been with us since the mid-late-1960's --

-- coincidentally about the time America was passing The Voting Rights Act!

I'd question every election back to Nixon/Humphrey which was also a squeaker.

There was an investigation of the computers which began in the 1960's . . .

Here's some info on it -- the book is on line -- you can read any part of it --

LARGE computers are used by MSM -- to PREDICT and CALL elections -- new powers given to them

by the large computers. Prior to that they could only report ACTUAL vote tallies.

What we saw in 2000 was simply a reversal of those new powers.



If you're interested -- It's VOTESCAM -- The Stealing of America

http://www.constitution.org/vote/votescam__.htm



Understand your frustration -- everyone is feeling it!!








How Can Even A Liberal Watch Any TV Without Going To The Big Five?
Unless you are a recluse, there is no escaping the Big Media narrative.