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In reply to the discussion: Comcast Orders MSNBC To Remove Anti-TPP Hosts [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Why are Progressives paying for cable, that is giving money to cable stations, if they slant the news to favor their business interests and away from the interests of the people and of the TRUTH.
In my view, we should be getting our news from internet sources like Papantonio, Cenk, Real News, etc. (there are so many good sources out there some of the local) and loudly boycott the corporate media.
It does not good to complain about the Iraq War. It was a silent, obeisant news media that pushed Americans into a clamor for that war, and that media is still not honest with us. We still don't really get various points of view on issues. That goes for some of the left-wing media too.
We are in sorry shape as a nation when RT is one of the few alternative sources for information and when our American-owned news media refuses and is afraid to cover a story as big as the TPP from all points of view.
What kind of "democracy" is this.
As for Schultz's ratings, that is precisely the problem. When NEWS is judged based on a popularity contest and not on the honesty and truthfulness and willingness to report the unpopular as well as the popular, IT IS NOT NEWS. It is either propaganda (in this case) or simply the winner of a popularity contest.
The NEWS should at times be genuinely controversial, genuinely disliked. If it isn't it means that bad news is being hidden from us.
If the Black Lives Matter movement wants to shake up the American racist police cadre, it should start a movement in which shows that feature racists like Pat Buchanan or that don't report adequately and fairly on issues from Trayvon Martin to Sandra Bland are boycotted and loudly.
As a nation right now we are getting the news we pay for, not the news we need. We are getting the news we pay for and not the truth.
News shows should be sponsor-free and independently edited and presented.
And all voices should be heard in news opinion shows, not just voices that please the corporate owners.
Remember. If you are paying for Fox News, you are part of the problem with news in this country. Boycott any cable that carries Fox News. Turn to the internet for news..