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News don't care because news are owned by businessmen. We don't have (almost any) independent news anymore.
by myshpa 3y ago
News don't care because news are owned by businessmen. We don't have (almost any) independent news anymore.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> News don't care because news are owned by businessmen. I think that could explain why David Petraeus is a valued commentator after the sort of espionage that sends people to jail. I don't think it explains why journalists quote serially-lying IC agency dirs verbatim, as if they were a trustworthy source. I don't think that's corporate micromanaging. I think it's industry incompetence. It's as if they're unable to suss out the core duty implied by their extra 1A protections - to hold the powerful accountable. It's no better at the local level. Reporters consistently parrot LEO spokesbot claims without even doing a 15 second Google search that would disprove cop nonsense. I don't think the local desk is being strongarmed by overlords. I think they're being inept. That said, in the case of Sinclair media - you'd be right. That local news is directly shaped thru corporate overlording. But there, corporate is dictating the story and providing the reporter scripting. That's a different animal than what I'm referring to.
- myshpa 3y agoI don't follow US media that closely. But it surely may be both ... incompetence and corporate interests. This is just one example of many (I've seen others in John Oliver's Last Week Tonight): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIQalprvR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIQalprvR8 In 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by fifty companies; today, 90% is controlled by just 5 companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_cross-ownership_in_the_United_States#The_.22Big_Six.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_cross-ownership_in_the_U...