The real Media Bias - Page 2

ban.the.electoral.college · 08-16-05, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by freethought6t9

If you want to get a really in depth look at the true biases in the media you should look into "The Propaganda Model of News" by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. Theres a 1hr documentary about it floating around online called "The Myth of the Liberal Media" and it is fascinating. "The Corporation" or at least the 2nd hour of it also contains some relevant information. If you just want a quick laugh at O Reilly's expense the Outfoxed is always good for a laugh.

Thank you for the recommendations.

I recently watched a documentary on Noam Chomsky, titled "Manufacturing Consent", which was very insightful. There is also a great book called "Four Arguments for The Elimination of TV" by Jerry Mander, which is no less than mind-blowing.

freethought6t9 · 08-16-05, 05:19 PM

"Orwell Rolls in his Grave" is another superb documentary on the corporate media. Micheal Powell being dragged in front of the senate is simply awesome. I'm busy downloading manufacturing consent, will check the book out, thanks.

ban.the.electoral.college · 08-16-05, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by freethought6t9

"Orwell Rolls in his Grave" is another superb documentary on the corporate media. Micheal Powell being dragged in front of the senate is simply awesome. I'm busy downloading manufacturing consent, will check the book out, thanks.

Thanks, again. I'll check out "Orwell Rolls In His Grave" as soon as I finish with "The Corporation" which should arrive in the next day or so.

Also, More meaty stuff:

WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?

Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what.
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml

Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their holdings. This web guide demonstrates the exceedingly far reach of these companies.
http://www.cjr.org/owners/

This is a clickable chart of the ten largest media companies in the world, current as of Dec. 20, 2001 (it is important to note that media concentration is not only an American problem). It includes US companies such as the Walt Disney Company and AOL Time Warner, as well as international giants Bertelsmann and Vivendi Universal.
http://www.thenation.com/special/bigten.html

A graph of media ownership shows the number of corporations in control of US media plunging from 50 in 1983 to only six now. It is followed by a really useful list of links, which includes the major media reform advocacy groups.
http://www.corporations.org/media/

As FAIR explains, "Almost all media that reach a large audience in the United States are owned by for-profit corporations--institutions that by law are obligated to put the profits of their investors ahead of all other considerations. The goal of maximizing profits is often in conflict with the practice of responsible journalism."
This brief introduction to corporate ownership of the media is followed by a number of links to resources on the topic, including Norman Solomon's columns.
http://www.fair.org/media-woes/corporate.html

EXAMPLES OF A DECLINE IN MEDIA QUALITY

Michael Massing of the Columbia Journalism Review evaluates the press coverage immediately after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011015&s=massing

Print and broadcast media in the US have severely cut back foreign news coverage, leading to a poorly educated American public. This may be one of the reasons that Americans were so shocked by the events of Sept. 11--they have little to no knowledge of politics, ideology, and religion in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, coverage of crime, violence, sex and scandals has greatly increased.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0927-03.htm

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ban.the.electoral.college · 08-24-05, 01:07 AM

"I have been in local TV newsrooms in Phoenix, Seattle and Pittsburgh, and I don't think there is bias, either liberal or conservative," said the alumna, Tallee Whitehorn, 27, an assistant news director at WTAE- TV, an ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. "This is not really a place for it, unless I wanted to get a lot of hate mail, which I don't."

http://www.webpan.com/dsinclair/myths.html

ban.the.electoral.college · 08-24-05, 10:46 PM

SOURCE

"Professionals in general, they observe, often have "liberal" leanings on social issues and there is no reason to expect journalists to be any different. However, they have also argued convincingly that the norms of "objective journalism" and the powerful corporate interests which own and sponsor the news media ensure that news content never strays too far, for too long, from protecting the status quo."

ban.the.electoral.college · 08-25-05, 08:22 PM

Rupert Murdoch, republican, owner of News Corp. and Fox News Network, reaches:

280 million people in the U.S. (US TV Network)
300 million people in Asia (Asian Satellite Network)
300 million homes (cable channels)
38 million people (magazines)

Youve Got To Be Kidding! · 08-29-05, 11:08 PM

Votergate should be a CNN SPECIAL and should have been smeared on the news instead of that little girl in Aruba, with all due respect to her family I would much rather see national news on the NEWS instead of their familys plight.

Stu Ghatze · 08-30-05, 01:38 AM

No media bias...?

If one thing the liberals have ALWAYS had, & they USED to have a monopoly on almost ALL of the news too!

Kind of sucks , huh?:smile: Those glory days are now over!:smile:

ban.the.electoral.college · 08-30-05, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu Ghatze

No media bias...? If one thing the liberals have ALWAYS had, & they USED to have a monopoly on almost ALL of the news too!

Kind of sucks , huh?:smile: Those glory days are now over!

I suggest you use the search function and read all the other threads on this subject, so you can stop embarassing yourself. We've proved you wrong several times over. But you wouldn't know that because your too busy hitting the reply button.

Stu Ghatze · 08-30-05, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ban.the.electoral.college

I suggest you use the search function and read all the other threads on this subject, so you can stop embarassing yourself. We've proved you wrong several times over. But you wouldn't know that because your too busy hitting the reply button.

You are hilarious? You said, " We've proved you wrong"? Who is "we", perhaps the fox guarding the hen-house?

When roughly 78% of all national newspeople interviewed as they have been in the past;.. admit to have liberal leanings in their politics, it is NO phantom!

The blind might be blind, ..but they are not also deaf. Its easy to see, hear, & how the news is presented, & it sure as hell ain't independent.

Kind of reaks of "internationalist" flair. Gee, it just must be co-incidental, huh?

Lets see how is the message reported: Bush is evil, Bush is racist, Bush lied, America is evil, Bush, Cheney & Halliburton, Bush stole election, Bush owns Diebold voting machines, Christians are evil, Sympathy for terrorists, justification for Terrorists, America uses torture??

On & on, ..& Al jazeera has nothing on them!