Reply #47: It's no longer left or right, it's the top vs. the rest of us

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But then again, that's how it's always been in this country, whether your Democrat, Republican, Whig or "Other".

Those that have $$ get media-- it's that simple. Just look at Ross Perot. If he didn't have those millions to buy large blocks of PRIMETIME air on the major networks, would he have been taken as seriously as he was?

It's even the same in our primaries, too. Who gets the most media attention? The candidates who spend the most ON media, that's who.

The media is not "liberal" or "conservative", but simply reflects the values of those who control it, and work in its higher ranks-- IOW, the well-off who have probably never had to worry about having enough food, good medical coverage, a safe place to live, or even a decent job.

Back in the "old days", reporters tended to be working- or middle-class people who typically didn't have much more than a high-school education. Their friends, consequently, were the same. They did not run in higher social circles, like the "media personalities" that report today's news. They didn't make multi-million-dollar salaries and own two homes, or drive expensive cars. Reporters back then also had to WORK for their stories, and wouldn't simply reprint press releases and call them "news"-- unlike today.

The media isn't "conservative", but it's not "liberal", either. It is simply the mouthpiece for the monied class to perpetuate their worldview and beliefs, be they Wall Street or Hollywood.