It goes back and forth - and don't think you ever had the truth when it came to the media.
About 100 years ago, everything was Hearst media, which owned newspapers throughout the U.S. Just to put things in perspective: [ Hearst Media then ] > [ Cable TV, Network News, Magazines, Newspapers, Advertising and PSAs now ] The story goes that he was almost single handedly responsible for starting the Spanish-American war. The guy would fire anyone who did not agree with his view and thus control the message being sent to consumers. Back in the 30s, during the depression, public outrage over the quality of information about trusts was what drove changes in people's opinions about big media. In the 40s and 50s, people started regulating the media industry, and thus the coverage of news came closer to the truth. Closer. There is always a slant in what editors choose to cover no matter how independent the news source. My fear is that we are in the grips of a serious backslide, and will be getting further away from objective coverage as time goes on. But people will respond, one of the great things about being an American is that everyone has a BSometer. You can only go so far into someone's red zone before they filter you out as noise. Once enough people are there everything will change again. Remember, objective coverage of public affairs is a liberal value, and not necessarily in vogue right now. M -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CNN wrong There is a story that I once read where a thinly disguised MS and Disney merged. Step by step the gained virtual control over America and there was nothing to do to stop them. They first set up play areas in shopping malls where parents could leave their children. While there, the children were entertained and taught. The teaching was both to teach and to get information on what kids wanted answered. They then offered the same teaching service to parents at home over the net. Free computer and all. Next was teaching in schools, and taking over more and more essential services. Got to the point where they basically rules everything. That was a story. The reality is the talking Mickey at Disney world that's tracked through the park and can answer questions about different parts of the park. Just what I want. To have Disney track my every move. But that's separate from my rant at the manipulation of media content by news outlets. I think I posted here watching the same news piece on 3 channels about an anti-Semitic incident. A swastika with the words kill Jews was painted on parts of a building. 2 channels showed the whole thing while a third (channel 9 in NY) digitally altered the report to remove the word kill from every picture. Why? Because they had some agenda that I can only guess at. Truth is a commodity and it's being stolen from us. > And it's only getting bigger... > > Imagine the day when AP and Reuters are wholly owned subsidiaries of > Microsoft. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: CNN wrong > > > According to both the AP and Reuters, today's bomb attacks in Israel > were so specific that they only killed 2 people. No one was wounded. > What a wonder. I guess that the report in CNN saying at least a dozen > others were wounded, some critically is false. Got to love the AP and > Reuters. They can never give an inch in 'massaging' reports to fit > their political agendas. Schmucks > > This is a rant vs. the media's bias and manipulation when it comes to > reporting. It pisses me off daily. > > Michael Dinowitz > Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had > yet > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
