Obama & the Media Dilemma

Consortium News by Robert Parry | Feb. 16, 2009 (News Analysis)

the cable networks and the print media have been falling over themselves to get the views of Republicans and to disseminate those opinions widely to the American public.

During a key early stage in the battle over Barack Obama’s stimulus bill, the Center for American Progress examined the political affiliations of guests on major cable networks and found that Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 2-to-1. Suddenly, the premium was on the views of ... Full Story »

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Topics: Media and Politics, Ethics in Journalism, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media Ownership
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 16, 2009 - 8:48 PM PST
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 16, 2009

Parry puts forth that the white right rich male media favors Republicans on the air when the Republicans are in power, and favor Republicans on the air when Democrats are in power. Well written.

Building a free and independent press that is not biased to the rich far right requires building institutions different from the current structure.

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Feb. 17, 2009

A must read analysis of corporate news media bias in America, which remain entrenched sycophants for right-wingers. The article’s assertion the right wing has intimidated the news media misses the point. Actually, the real reason for such special-treatment pandering is due to Bush's centralizing media ownership into the hands of six executives—all of whom are loyal, radical neo conservatives who believe Rove’s concept that neocons deserve a thousand-year governance of America.

I think media’s behavior should be compared to Goebbels, not to Russia. Their pro-neocon strategy is intended to aid the failure of the stimulus bill by widely covering nutcakes like Limbaugh and O’Reilly, giving them an undeserved national forum to spread deceits and distortions. Instead of objective, in-depth reporting of real economic crisis issues, media’s preoccupation with meaningless issues like bipartisanship shows their absolute disdain for Americans.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Feb. 18, 2009
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Brian Bucknam
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