What a truly Amero-centric way of looking at it. Who is the media in England? There is really only one. Who is the media in France? There is really only one. Who is the media around the world? Well, the one from England and France seem to be everywhere. If you dig down you'll find that there really aren't that many media sources. Do people listen to Rush? Where does he get his material from? Does he talk about just anything or does he talk about what's in the media? What about Carlin? If you're so hung up on Rush then you must agree that Carlin has had more of an influence on people than he has? What about Marx? I mean, if your criteria for media is influence....
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > cHat wrote: > > Last I knew every major city in the US carries the networks listed > > above. > > There's 3 issues here: > > (1.) Defining the "mainstream media" > 20 years ago it was probably defined as you say and the term meant > those sources that the majority of people got their news and > information. My point is that this is no longer the case. > > (2.) Market penetration of each source of media > Probably the top shows are, say, American Idol and The Superbowl, but > what are the top *news sources*. That is, what is the market > penetration of each news source? You'd have do a fairly complex > analysis just to figure out what an "average person" was and where > they got their "news"; however you'd define that. The level of > complexity alone means there is no longer a "mainstream media" as > defined above. Doesn't exist any longer. > > (3.) Influence of media bias on opinions. > Best way to see this is talk to any Rush listener. Despite the fact > that he's not a news source, millions of Americans form their opinions > based on what he says. Therefore bias exists and is a real threat to > democracy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262506 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
