Quote:
|
Yes, we depend on corporate media. The problem isn't that the media is "corporate", it's that they are rapidly becoming conglomerated into unified media companies.
|
If there's a belief that corporate America has a reliable and transparent track record, it's certainly news to me.
Quote:
|
Independent news doesn't pass the litmus test for ethics and responsibility most of the time. Nor does it get peer reviewed or monitored. A large portion of it is biased bull crap and conspiracy theories.
|
The only thing leading the public to believe major media passes the litmus test is their size. Hegemonic power can manipulate the masses very effectively. If people have a problem with 'independent' news sources, replace the title with 'international' news sources.
My point is that the news reported to average Joe does not get to the bottom of the story.
Quote:
|
While I agree with you that the cables being cut is curious, there is no documented proof of any subversive activities yet. Jumping to conclusions is not good journalism.
|
Definitely. I tried to stress that my viewpoint at this time is nothing more than speculation. Something about the entire story just seems to have coverup written all over it.
Quote:
|
What is the propaganda model and how does it work? Its crucial structural factors derive from the fact that the dominant media are firmly imbedded in the market system. They are profit-seeking businesses, owned by very wealthy people (or other companies); and they are funded largely by advertisers who are also profit-seeking entities, and who want their ads to appear in a supportive selling environment. The media also lean heavily on government and major business firms as information sources, and both efficiency and political considerations, and, frequently, overlapping interests, cause a certain degree of solidarity to prevail among the government, major media, and other corporate businesses. Government and large nonmedia business firms are also best positioned (and sufficiently wealthy) to be able to pressure the media with threats of withdrawal of advertising or TV licenses, libel suits, and other direct and indirect modes of attack. The media are also constrained by the dominant ideology, which heavily featured anticommunism before and during the Cold War era, and was mobilized often to induce the media to support (or refrain from criticizing) U.S. attacks on small states that were labeled communist.
|
http://www.chomsky.info/onchomsky/20031209.htm