Simple Unpleasant Truths

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/2/28/191827/865

Simple Unpleasant Truths

by BooMan
Mon Feb 28th, 2011 at 07:18:27 PM EST


It's almost weird that so many on the left remain mystified about why corporate-owned cable news outlets simply refuse to cover any evidence of discontent on the left. We can hold the biggest rally in Washington of the decade (against the war, in favor of abortion rights, etc.) and it will be a footnote. Meanwhile, all evidence of discontent on the right is covered, and covered some more, and covered to death. But there's a simple reason for this. Discontent on the right, no matter how racist, nativist, or religiously intolerant, no matter how baseless and fact-challenged, does not threaten the pocketbooks of rich people. It's that simple. This also extends to foreign policy coverage. Right-wing death squads are not news. Any leftward drift in the politics of a resource-rich country is met with a flurry of demonization.

Deal with it people. This is why the blogosphere exists and deserves your support.

[polichick]

1. Same reason hippies were vilified - they threatened they whole power structure...

...and turned out to right about almost everything - especially the threat of corporate power.

[rhett o rick]

2. I dont know anyone on the left that is "mystified" why the CorpMedia favors their

billionaire owners.

[annabanana]

3. This is ALSO why we can't abandoned the fight for net neutrality. . .n/t

[KurtNYC]

4. TV is a talking head medium -- they show pictures and talk about them

it is a one to many model and that is an obsolete model of mass communication

has been obsolete since about 11 years ago. maybe we should treat it that way instead of crying 1) why won't they talk about us, and then 2) once they do talk about us, why won't they talk TO us ?

In the immortal words of John Mayer:

when you trust your television
what you get is what you got
cause when they own the information
oh they can bend it all they want

[madinmaryland]

5. The media shows what their corporate owners tell them to show. Nothing more,

nothing less.

Imagine what happens if net neutrality is ended. That will be the end of the liberal blogosphere. All that will remain is "dummie-funnies"

:mad:

[golfguru]

6. One more unpleasant forecast

http://www.nationaljournal.com/video-charlie-cook-looks-into-senate-s-future-20110228