I was a newspaperman when newspapers were semi legitimate, semi serious. Most of the time they actually covered important news. Infotainment was an oddity, not the only way that “news” was covered.
How times have changed. The worst of the changes came when Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a giveaway to giant media companies which has resulted in six or seven corporations owning nearly all the media, all the sources we get our news from.
The worst of the lot is Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which serves up propaganda disguised as news. For example:
A recent poll showed that less than 1% of Fox viewers believed that our elections were stolen. That compares to 70% of CNN viewers, 65% of MSNBC; 64% of CBS; 56% of ABC; 56% of Other; and 49% of NBC.
Since our elections were stolen, the ability of Fox to hide the truth is astounding.
Posted by Deck at June 3, 2006 03:58 PM