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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald Praises Russia Today Anchor Who Spoke Out Against Invasion Of Ukraine [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)Today's Corporate US Media is easy to "belittle",
and should be belittled and worse.
It should be put in the dock and SHAMED in the Public Squares.
I'm old enough to remember the Media BEFORE it was coporatized and concentrated into the hands of about 6 very RICH people,
back when we had Investigative Journalists,
and the News Division was operated as a Public Service and not expected to turn a profit.
There were standards back then,
and those Journalists would spit on what passes for "News" today.
Who could have foreseen that when the regulations preventing the consolidation of all of our diverse outlets into a few RICH POWERFUL hands
would deliver out "US Media" into the hands of a few, RICH POWERFUL hands,
who would then use this to advance the agenda the Rich and Powerful.
Who could have foreseen THAT?
Almost everybody.
Thank You, Bill Clinton
(Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowing the almost unrestricted consolidation of news (Media) outlets)
St Ronnie of Reagan
for trash canning the Fairness Doctrine