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In reply to the discussion: When are Progressive Billionnaires going to use their wealth to buy media companies and keep them [View all]Marthe48
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The cable news channels are not really reporting news as much as the personalities are commentating. We already know that MSNBC is going to lean left with their comments, and other stations are going to bend over and grab their ankles going right. As soon as the kernals are dropped, turn down the volume and consider what you think about the news story. We should not rely on much that we hear on tv. The stations want us to stay tuned, so they can try to sell us stuff, so it is light on the content and heavy on the entertainment. Go outside if you can and notice what the world is like in your corner of it, get your own perspective. Part of our responsibility in our culture is to take in information and process it in a way we understand it, and then share it in a way that others can understand it.
I'll listen to legal experts, because I'm not a lawyer and reccently many news stories involve interpreting the laws. Some of the decisions seem unfair, but if a legal expert offers reasons, I think over the reasons and try to understand how the legal decision was made.
Around 90% of the media outlets are owned by 6 companies. You can bet they want to maintain or grow the status quo. Something we should ask ourselves is why liberal media is not as popular or long-lived as rw media? Maybe it is because liberals can think for themselves, and rw can't. Maybe because liberals are active in our lives, showing by example what freedom and free thought look like. I don't think the rw base has the inclination to make up their own minds.