Author Topic: The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine  (Read 305 times)

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Offline segnosaur

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Re: The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine
« on: June 19, 2017, 12:01:30 pm »
Well everyone has some kind of bias, some kind of philosophical morally of how the world should work that informs heir opinions, yes.
But the problem is, people automatically assume "Chomsky is well read therefore his work has validity". What I'm saying is that if your bias is SO extreme, then regardless of how much research you do, your work may not be trusted.

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Yes those are MSM, how how many of them are corporate media?
Admittedly, not as many as on non-traditional, left-wing sites like Counterpunch. (I even admitted earlier that not all his interviews were with 'corporate' media.) But such interviews DO exist.
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Concerning which media outlets Noam goes on, not sure how much of it is Noam personal preferences on how much he likes the outlet VS corporate MSM's unwillingness to have him on.  But i've heard him say in interviews the corporate MSM largely won't invite him on.
That doesn't mean he is being rejected because of his viewpoints... he may just not be a very interesting subject for many in the main stream media.

I should also point out that focusing only on Chomsky is rather short sited. There are many other left-wing pundits out there providing alternative viewpoints. Even if Chomsky doesn't appear on network or cable television, others with left-wing views do.
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I don't see how anyone can disagree with the argument that corporations not only buy influence with politicians and parties
Never claimed that corporations don't try to buy influence. (Koch brothers are a prime example).

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...but also buy influence on what will and will not be reported in the news from their ad dollars.
No corporation (or even a group of corporations) has the power to completely "buy out" all media sources to prevent 'alternative' messages from getting out.

Seriously, watch something like The Daily Show. Look at how often the republicans (generally seen as pro-business) get attacked. (Granted, they do attack democrats too, but Republicans end up looking worse.) The Daily show appears on Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom (i.e. corporate media.). Now, why would a big corporation air something that makes the pro-business republicans look so bad? Because 'corporate control' is not as all-powerful as Chomsky claims.
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When corporate ad dollars are the way you generate revenue, any outlet is going to face massive conflicts of interest & pressure to please those who pay you.
Different corporations market to different demographics. No corporation is going to be foolish enough to say "I'm not going to market to my main customers base" just because the network/newspaper/etc. happens to be critical of business.