The U.S. Media are NOT news organizations.

[Xicano]

They are outlets for corporate and government propaganda. They tailor their message by selectively 'reporting' what their filters allow them to portray and omitting anything and everything that might call into question the views they are peddling.


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[Angry Dragon]

1. The Fourth Estate is bankrupt

[Xicano]

2. +10

Indeed Bankrupt and subverted.

[noise]

3. IMO one of the key propaganda efforts

Pushing the notion that our leaders always act in good faith. Thus Iraq was a series of mistakes. Bad intel. Poor planning.

The media doesn't like to talk about corruption.

[sabrina 1]

4. Yes, that really annoys me, the language they use.

I would love to hear some real truth from the media. Every time I hear them call a crime a mistake or a 'miscalculation' I want to scream.

[Imagevision]

5. "Let's Play Hardball" Fu*koff!

[Toucano]

23. +1

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That's just so perfect!

[Rex]

6. CNN loved the marines on the beaches of Iraq, great footage.

Foxnews changed the outcome of an election.

[Whisp]

7. thank you so much for this. nt

[FrenchieCat]

8. Excellent statement,

and I bookmarked that illustration!

Thanks!

[Art_from_Ark]

9. As one who grew up watching Huntley-Brinkley and Walter Cronkite,

reading the now-defunct Arkansas Gazette, and listening to Mutual News, I have to agree that what we have today are a far cry from being real news organizations.

[HEyHEY]

10. I don't think they're for propaganda at all. I think the issue is they only care about entertainment

Not reporting.

[Kalun D]

11. They're Nothing But Propaganda

We've gone from 50 corporate media owners to 5 in the last 25 years

consolidation is a major problem, not only because it monopolizes but because it makes it easier for the corporations to control the message.

[HEyHEY]

12. Okay, when was the last time NBC news wrote a story you consider propaganda.

Show me a link.

[Kalun D]

13. nbcnews.com FRONT PAGE

goes right to msnbc

Video "GE CEO Defends Tax Record"

Media whores Brian Williams and Lisa Miers "report" and they play a clip of Jeff Immelt, corporate tax cheat, whining about how GE lost money, I'm sure he had a big fat greed pig paycheck during the losing years.

Of course you have to watch a 30 sec Wallstreet greedpig investment commercial first

nothing negative about GE here, hey hey hey, they write the paychecks so keep your media whore mouths shut.

It's not "when was the last time" it's ALL THE TIME

[HEyHEY]

14. How is reporting what a guy says then showing a clip of him say ing it "propaganda"

Sounds more like you want the news to spread propaganda, as long as you agree with it. I understand when people talk about a lack of coverage or quality news, but actual propaganda, I find, only comes out in times of war.

[Kalun D]

15. Propaganda

can be merely failing to report both sides of the story, like this vid it only shows the CEO's story.

Reporting is telling both sides, how is that propaganda?

propaganda takes many forms one of them is omission.

[Ron Green]

16. I get HEyHEY's point:

Telling "both sides" of a story poses as news, but it's really just entertainment: "He said, she said."

Real journalism requires getting at the truth of something, not just letting both "sides" talk.

[HEyHEY]

17. I turned on the news the other day to hear "April is my favourite month"

From the anchor, it's stuff like that that really gets me too. The news used to be entertaining (in an academic way)cause it was informative, it wasn't just there to make us feel emotions.

[KharmaTrain]

19. The Media Is All About Profit

I agree with your points about using the term "propaganda". It gets tossed around when someone doesn't like the coverage or viewpoint of a story that that specific person agrees with. I tend to think most people...those whose heads aren't poluted with tea and talking points (intellectually lazy) will consider the sources of a story and be open to many sources of information. Just like we're consumers of specific brands, so is the same with news...you tend to believe those that you've had a good experience with and suspect those that you haven't. It's when my experiences and yours don't jive then it's your propaganda vs. my facts.

The rub here is what our corporate media really stands for...and it's making money. You don't do it with 30 minute lectures on the history of Single Payer vs. Public Option...you get it from pitting two bulldogs against each other and let them have at it. It's heat, sparks...it attracts eyeballs. Television is also a highly visual medium where pictures supercede spin and spin can then manipulate the pictures. It's been done in advertising for millenium and television does it faster and better. It's all about attracting the most eyeballs in one place at one time and then making money off of them. He said/she said, false equivelencies and talking heads talking to other talking heads shows cheapness and laziness not propaganda. Or should I use the corporate word: Maximizing profit.

Cheers...

[Kalun D]

21. Not Just Profit

It's also propaganda because it distorts the news or denies that it exists

Profit is a secondary goal, the first purpose is to control the news

a prime example of this is Fox News which lost millions before it started making money.

Years ago, even when the news was more information driven, before it turned toward profit there was bias and propaganda.

[Obamanaut]

18. .

[liberal life]

20. we no longer have investigative reporters..now just news readers

Entertainment tonight use to be on AFTER the news, not THE news.

Time to let them know how we really feel

http://fucorporatemedia.com/

[davidthegnome]

22. Agreed

and that's not news for me!