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In reply to the discussion: Do You Think the Commercial Media Is Corrupt? Unfair? Biased? [View all]Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)19. Your last
paragraph says it all. If your do not train your Precinct persons,this is what happens. If you do not have a pretested Info gathering plan in place,this is what happens.
Like you say,if you want different headlines,start your own Media Company. Media just repeats what is on the AP wire and Reuter's wire service.
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Not really. Stupid and/or racist voters/viewers are the problem. trump's exposure should turn
Hoyt
Feb 2020
#5
I think the media is not the media. I do not believe freedom of the press, means conglomerate
Johonny
Feb 2020
#14
As of of 2019, 90% of the United States's media is controlled by five media conglomerates.
VOX
Feb 2020
#22
msm behaves the way they do bc of government policy. They're been deregulated like
Kurt V.
Feb 2020
#35
You are aware, of course that corporate sponsorship keeps those alive, right.
MineralMan
Feb 2020
#39
Thanks for the series of well written articles on media, MM. Interesting reads and again, to the...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2020
#38
It would have been in the Primaries forum! and the jury would have a dozen alerts by now, lol
Baclava
Feb 2020
#52