Reply #16: Probably a small subset of the reason...

[warren pease]

From another post (most of the ownership info is well-known; just listing it here for context):

NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, along with a couple of dozen local TV affiliates, are owned by General Electric, one of the world's largest armaments manufacturers in 2006 and among the six largest media conglomerates in the US. In addition to "bringing good things to light," GE makes and maintains engines for the F-16 Fighter jet, Abrams tank, Apache helicopter, U2 bomber, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV), A-10 aircraft and numerous other military equipment, including planes, helicopters, tanks and more. It seems safe to say that GE has a significant financial stake in the US maintaining a state of war.

Is it reasonable to expect any of the NBC networks to report critically on the status and duration of the Iraq occupation? Or is it predictable that NBC's occupation coverage will tell us that the "surge" is working, that US troop deaths are down, that the Iraqi puppet regime is gaining traction and, if we can hang on for another decade, things should turn out hunky-dory.

Well, it's certain that extending the US presence in Iraq by a decade will have a very positive impact on GE's profit and loss statements. It's probably going to be somewhat less beneficial for the people who actually have to fight this insane proxy war on behalf of GE's bottom line.

So, shockingly, GE objects to the presence of a candidate who detests war, advocates for a Department of Peace, whose campaign slogan is Strength through Peace, who wants to slash the pentagon budget, who wants to spend money on human and physical infrastructure needs rather than blowing it on weaponry and who's against the further use of nuclear power in this country.

If I were with GE, I'd have done the same damn thing.


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