Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

7. This is just silly.

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:09 AM

Jul 2012

"The media" is doing its job, and doing it very well.
Its job is to make money for its owners.
And to "catapult the propaganda" that its owners want catapulted.
Period.

Anybody who thinks that "the media's job" is anything other than this is seriously deluding themselves. "The media" does not exist to tell you the truth. Or to do anything, really, than to put advertisements in front of your eyeballs, and to make you think and behave in a way so as to make it easier to extract money from your wallet. Period.

That being said... there are plenty of places to get real information, and I think DU is one of those places. "Journalism has been exiled from the mainstream media..." Yes. Get used to that fact, and stay away from "the media" except for when you want entertainment.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

33 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Media: If you can't do your job . . . [View all] ProSense Jul 2012 OP

Don't forget: most of the media is complicit owned by the same people who owned the swiftboaters. Scuba Jul 2012 #1

That's the scary part that most people are afraid to look at. Their power shows through when you do. freshwest Jul 2012 #25

! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2012 #33

Wonderful letter. Too bad nothing will happen. longship Jul 2012 #2

Which is why they are becoming more and more irrelevant. WCGreen Jul 2012 #11

K&R BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3

Hitting the nail on the head davidthegnome Jul 2012 #4

I have an idea and I hope others do the same: Wait Wut Jul 2012 #5

excellent idea... n/t handmade34 Jul 2012 #9

Print it out and send it, by snail-mail. calimary Jul 2012 #22

K&R'd; but it's like Richard Dawkins preaching to the leaders of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir –- snot Jul 2012 #6

This is just silly. RevStPatrick Jul 2012 #7

+ err...whatever TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #17

I just read the McGinnis book about Sarah Palin and am more convinced than ever that our media sucks proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #8

rec! n/t handmade34 Jul 2012 #10

"If you can’t do the job, get off the bus." kentuck Jul 2012 #12

They are using our public airwaves to lie to us and instead make billions from the Koch brothers Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #13

PUBLIC AIRWAVES? 90-percent Jul 2012 #32

Google Operation Mockingbird. They say that it has been discontinued. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #14

I will have to look that up underpants Jul 2012 #28

Support your independent media nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #15

A reason I am loving Newsroom evilhime Jul 2012 #16

K&R n/t Amonester Jul 2012 #18

I hope people across the country get it. And get that FOX is the GOP mouthpiece. Overseas Jul 2012 #19

Thanks, ProSense. Great letter. Great post. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #20

ASIDE: "...except whatever link there is if any between my National Geographic and Fox." proverbialwisdom Jul 2012 #23

from Wikipedia: Nat Geo Channel eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #26

Must read. K&R pa28 Jul 2012 #21

k&r.. spanone Jul 2012 #24

The media does what their CEOs tell them to do lunatica Jul 2012 #27

Arent most "journalists" today, members or members children, of the 1%? nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #29

K&R Number23 Jul 2012 #30

Yeah, journalism used to be about digging to find the truth, now it's just quoting celebrities, tclambert Jul 2012 #31