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In reply to the discussion: An Overheard Conversation at the MSP Airport ... [View all]meanit
(455 posts)to hear people in their 40's talking like that, but it is symptomatic of the FOX / right wing media brainwashing. People who constantly ingest the propaganda from these sources really do have an alternate - reality view of things. And make no mistake, it is intentional propaganda and brainwashing that is being done.
When TV first started becoming popular in the 1950's, many saw the potential power of it, so laws and policies were adopted to keep it from becoming a propaganda tool. It was no coincidence that one of the first things the conservatives did when they got into power in the 80's was to start dismantling the "public protections" that had been built into TV and radio news coverage and programming. It has taken a while, but look where the media is now.
In my opinion, to effectively level the playing field one of the first things that needs to be done is to deal with the overwhelmingly conservative media and bring some fairness, balance, truth and integrity back to the airwaves. As we have all seen, there can be 100,000 people in the streets but the media will barely even give it a nod, if at all. On the other hand, there can be 25 Tea-bagging lunatics in a park in East Bumfuk and they get wall to wall coverage, talk show attention - the works. How can you fight that type of manipulation without some laws or policies that keep the media in check?
The night Obama was projected the winner of the election, one of the FIRST things that was brought up on FOX news was their worry that he might reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
I thought that was very telling.
This country has raised a generation influenced by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, FOX news and the lowlife right wing scum that they shill for. It's going to take quite an effort to counter that poisoning that has been backed up by a multi-billion dollar industry and we need more than e-mail campaigns and boycotts to do it.
Reigning in the media is one of the most important things that can be done.