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shadowmayor

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11. Alt Media

Reply to SticksnStones (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:47 PM

Dec 2016

Just as the racists and supremacists seek a more mainstream acceptance through terms like alt right and super patriots and oath keepers, calling what we have in this country the generic "media" is a misnomer. Ray McGovern has rightly called them the Fawning Corporate Media. And if you think that NPR is doing just fine, you've missed the moving of the "football" to the right side of the field over the last 40 years. The mainstream media has, as a whole, never been very good to begin with.

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NPR's On The Media: "Normalize This!" - examines how to report on a PEOTUS who regularly lies [View all] SticksnStones Dec 2016 OP

On the media mistakes flaunts for flouts? marybourg Dec 2016 #1

Good catch...one I certainly overlooked. nt SticksnStones Dec 2016 #4

Since the election, NPR has been very good with substantive analysis of what might happen over wiggs Dec 2016 #2

They've also been cheerleading for Trump n2doc Dec 2016 #5

must have missed it rurallib Dec 2016 #6

Everyone on DU would find this a worthwhile listen! Particularly the last one, on how our brains JudyM Dec 2016 #3

"cognitive scientist George Lakoff argues that the principles of journalism need to be redefined" 90-percent Dec 2016 #7

well NPR heaven05 Dec 2016 #8

"On the Media" is my..... Ernesto Dec 2016 #9

Agreed. They always provide a rational analysis of the week's news. teamster633 Dec 2016 #14

NPR has become,,, Cryptoad Dec 2016 #10

Well, they're not DU; marybourg Dec 2016 #13

Their Board of Control jack69 Dec 2016 #17

Alt Media shadowmayor Dec 2016 #11

You know the expression throwing the baby out with the bathwater? SticksnStones Dec 2016 #15

There are selected portions shadowmayor Dec 2016 #16

"impulse to normalize" Paladin Dec 2016 #12