The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the same outlets—especially TV news—that missed the Wall Street meltdown and cheer-led the Iraq invasion have come to resemble state-controlled media outlets in their near-total identification with the government as it pursues the now 30-year-old whistleblower.
While an independent journalism system would be dissecting the impacts of NSA surveillance on privacy rights, and separating fact from fiction, U.S. news networks have obsessed on questions like: How much damage has Snowden caused? How can he be brought to justice?
Snowden Coverage: If US Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?
While Americans squabble over whether Fox News or MSNBC is more biased, we completely ignore how corporate media in general has come to resemble state-run media. Thank God for the internet and independent journalists.
The problem with internet "news sources" and independent journalists, is that they rarely are.
Commondreams is a Progressive organization with an agenda, and a desire to promote their political and ideological cause. With such a foundation, it can hardly be claimed as a source of unfiltered news.
And the problem with corporate "news sources" is that they rarely are.
Never said all internet sites are independent or qualify as "news." But there are far more independent sites than there are independent corporate news.
Indeed there are many more internet sites offering their take on events than there are corporate sites.
Don't you think the same slant is possible from these "independent" sites and with the "corporate" ones?
The article you posted came from Commonsense.org, a known Progressive site with a mission to spread a Progressive agenda.
How can that be considered "independent"?
|Capitalism is a bitch, isn't it?
I am pro-freed market, anti-capitalist.
Charles Johnson on Free-Market Anti-Capitalism - Forbes
The internet is a pretty good example of a freed market at work.
Please tell me you aren't referring to bitcoins
An organization could be independent and still have a general ideological leaning. Unlike Fox News, Common Dreams does not deny their leanings. No journalist could ever completely disconnect him/herself from their views. The problem arises when "news" sources get too close to governments and corporations. That is when independence is lost.
I am pro-freed market, anti-capitalist.
Charles Johnson on Free-Market Anti-Capitalism - Forbes
The internet is a pretty good example of a freed market at work.
No one is coerced into using bitcoin.
So are large international media corporations. So much for your free market rhetoric. Capitalists want capitalism for everybody but themselves.
We have anti-fiat currency liftoff!
Scratch a libertarian and you always get to the gold standard or some simulacrum thereof.
What's so great about the Internet is access to so many sources...so that you can read up at both Fox News and Common Dreams.
While Americans squabble over whether Fox News or MSNBC is more biased, we completely ignore how corporate media in general has come to resemble state-run media. Thank God for the internet and independent journalists.
I do not support the gold standard and I am not necessarily anti-fiat currency. Notice that I am a LEFT libertarian. :roll:
The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the same outlets—especially TV news—that missed the Wall Street meltdown and cheer-led the Iraq invasion have come to resemble state-controlled media outlets in their near-total identification with the government as it pursues the now 30-year-old whistleblower.
While an independent journalism system would be dissecting the impacts of NSA surveillance on privacy rights, and separating fact from fiction, U.S. news networks have obsessed on questions like: How much damage has Snowden caused? How can he be brought to justice?
Snowden Coverage: If US Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?
While Americans squabble over whether Fox News or MSNBC is more biased, we completely ignore how corporate media in general has come to resemble state-run media. Thank God for the internet and independent journalists.
Indeed there are many more internet sites offering their take on events than there are corporate sites.
Don't you think the same slant is possible from these "independent" sites and with the "corporate" ones?
The article you posted came from Commonsense.org, a known Progressive site with a mission to spread a Progressive agenda.
How can that be considered "independent"?
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