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Originally Posted by BFT3K
This country needs a REAL Progressive Left Leaning Liberal news channel. I'm not kidding.
You can't run oil, gas, fast-food, and pharmaceutical ads all day long, and think you are appealing to Progressives. You can't present ALL of the facts, or have an UNEDITED debate, for fear that you will piss off the corrupt sponsors that keep you afloat.
5 corporations run all of the media. That's not journalism, it's just propaganda. Liberal Media my ass!
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Great post. When I was a working journalist (1986-1999) I was mostly involved in entertainment and the music industry. But I dabbled in 'mainstream' journalism and did some investigative articles, mostly on piracy (video tapes back then, if you can imagine), real estate fraud, homelessness and a few other socio-economic issues. But know what I discovered? As biased and manipulated as I felt entertainment "journalism" was, "mainstream" journalism was ten times worse!
This is television I am talking about. Newspapers and magazines were on their last legs but still relatively strong (now, of course, they too are mostly shit). TV would take one of my stories and "re-focus" it. That was their term. They took a couple paragraphs and expanded it into the piece that would air on 20/20 and PrimeTimeLive. The whole point of my article changed radically and was not 'truthful' at all but rather just plain old exploitative. After 3-4 of these experiences I left for greener pastures.
Today? I would not believe ANY news channel if they told me it was 6 pm. I would still check my watch. Facts? Please. LOL