tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34771383.post116234398667838627..comments2024-03-17T00:23:16.893-07:00Comments on Coldtype's Lair: A Good ReadColdtypehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09509152474515164151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34771383.post-1162393839722945062006-11-01T07:10:00.000-08:002006-11-01T07:10:00.000-08:00Very true, but as a whole the entire western corpo...Very true, but as a whole the entire western corporate media system plays a very similar role to the old TASS agency. They serve as a criticle idealogical filter for what is "acceptable" for public consumption. <BR/><BR/>The corporate media rely on advertisers for up to 75% of their revenues. Their "audience" are these advertisers, and their "product" is the number of eyeballs they can attract to watch the commercials between the entertainment and the "news". <BR/><BR/>An excellent source for more information on how we are ill-served by the media is a book by Edward S. Herman (Univ. of Penn.) and Noam Chomsky (MIT) called Manufacturing Consent, which they wrote in 1988. I also highly recommend that you check out Media Lens, the British version of Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR). Both links are on my site. Get on their e-mail list and they will send you regular updates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34771383.post-1162389161451376862006-11-01T05:52:00.000-08:002006-11-01T05:52:00.000-08:00Of all the networks,I believe Fox is the most bias...Of all the networks,I believe Fox is the most biased/partisan. It's the closest thing we have to the old TASS news agency of Soviet Russia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com