Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Media: Friends and Foes of Populists [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Off the top of my head I can't think of anyone on the Corporate Media who not friendly to Wall St.
Occasionally they may allow one or two guests to appear who are not totally Corporate friendly, but generally they will be out numbered by Corporate friendly guests.
Only 'news' that make the Wars and Wall St look good is published. More like propaganda.
Eg, we never see the faces of the victims of our drones and bombs in the Corporate media.
I remember, eg, when Ashley Banfield was an embedded journalist in Afghanistan. She was filmed in her protective gear, sending out reports from the perspective of the US Military.
She was good at her job.
But when she came home, she was speaking to a relatively small group and she told them that it was frustrating to report as an embedded journalist because she only got to tell OUR side of the story.
She was not allowed to show what happened AFTER the bombs were dropped. At that time she had not yet realized that we do not DO journalism, only propaganda when it comes to our foreign wars.
She was a 'rising star' on TV until she made those relatively innocuous statements. Under contract they could not fire her, so she was assigned to a back room and removed from any kind of prominent on air position.
People noticed her absence but it wasn't until years later we found out that she had been SILENCED.
So I don't believe we have anyone on the air who does not understand what their role is.
Maybe a good thing to do would be to take articles and/or news reports and treat them like a teacher treats homework.
Put them online and then go through them and correct the wrong, or deceptive information.
There is an article that was linked here, eg, more or less 'mocking' the Left and people like Elizabeth Warren.
What if we posted it here, corrected all the wrong information, critiqued it for talking points etc, then spread it around the internet through Twitter and FB with the name of the author and a warning to 'watch out for this guy's stuff'.
After a while 'watch out for this author's stuff' with a link to the info here or wherever could become something people are looking for.
Just a thought. It would take a while and a whole lot of people doing it, before it caught on. AND we could have a prize at the end of a month, year whatever for the 'most deceptive author of the month'.
Lol, just wandering but we don't have the money they do to gain access to large media. We do have Social Media however.
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