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American news organisations are all paid for by advertisers who have a vested interest in the status quo

by didntreadarticl 4y ago

RivieraKid 4y ago
Do you have an example of a particular interest in status quo? Status quo can be both good or bad.
- didntreadarticl 4y ago
  I would point to the general way that in the USA the balance of rights is tipped away from people and towards corporations, e.g. very little sick pay, very little paid leave, very little parental leave, very few rights for employees, Healthcare provided at the whims of employers and insurance companies. etc
  - goatlover 4y ago
    Is that the fault of advertisers or strong ideological/political current against such things?
    - lib-dev 4y ago
      Advertisers influence the ideological/political current by manipulating the minds of the people. So yes.
    - didntreadarticl 4y ago
      The strong ideological/political current is the status quo that I referred to previously
dfxm12 4y ago
It's hard to take this comment at face value when the content on CNN and Fox News is so different. I wouldn't really argue against CNN being interested in maintaining the status quo, but Fox News is reactionary.
- krapp 4y ago
  Fox news is reactionary against progressivism, leftism, etc... but the status quo in the US is pro military, pro oligarchy, pro gun, pro life, conservative, white and Christian. The "leftist" party in the US, the Democrats, can at best be described as center-right, there is no true left with any real political power. The Democrats are pro-war, pro-capitalism, only nominally anti-gun, pander to the Christians as much as Republicans, and don't even side with labor anymore, as we saw with Biden crushing the railroad workers' strike, which was even supported by supposed progressive firebrand AOC.
- didntreadarticl 4y ago
  There's more overlap between them than you realise, if you compare what counts as mainstream 'left' and 'right' in the USA vs Europe
- goodpoint 4y ago
  They are different but they both fit into the very small american https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

American news organisations are all paid for by advertisers who have a vested interest in the status quo

RivieraKid 4y ago

Do you have an example of a particular interest in status quo? Status quo can be both good or bad.

didntreadarticl 4y ago
I would point to the general way that in the USA the balance of rights is tipped away from people and towards corporations, e.g. very little sick pay, very little paid leave, very little parental leave, very few rights for employees, Healthcare provided at the whims of employers and insurance companies. etc
- goatlover 4y ago
  Is that the fault of advertisers or strong ideological/political current against such things?
  - lib-dev 4y ago
    Advertisers influence the ideological/political current by manipulating the minds of the people. So yes.
  - didntreadarticl 4y ago
    The strong ideological/political current is the status quo that I referred to previously

dfxm12 4y ago

It's hard to take this comment at face value when the content on CNN and Fox News is so different. I wouldn't really argue against CNN being interested in maintaining the status quo, but Fox News is reactionary.

krapp 4y ago
Fox news is reactionary against progressivism, leftism, etc... but the status quo in the US is pro military, pro oligarchy, pro gun, pro life, conservative, white and Christian. The "leftist" party in the US, the Democrats, can at best be described as center-right, there is no true left with any real political power. The Democrats are pro-war, pro-capitalism, only nominally anti-gun, pander to the Christians as much as Republicans, and don't even side with labor anymore, as we saw with Biden crushing the railroad workers' strike, which was even supported by supposed progressive firebrand AOC.
didntreadarticl 4y ago
There's more overlap between them than you realise, if you compare what counts as mainstream 'left' and 'right' in the USA vs Europe
goodpoint 4y ago
They are different but they both fit into the very small american https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window