Termyn8or
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Actually with the state of media in the US, Dailymail is looking better and better.
There used to be laws against it but now about a half dozen people own it all. If you don't think they are imposing their will on what is displayed then apparently you don't think. Not that they exercise day to day control over the content, but by policies and hiring practices the influence is certainly there.
Still, they are private entities and making them air an ad that makes them look bad by law is just as bad as forcing someone to bake a cake for a Gay marriage. Does the President have franking rights like members of congress ? He could do direct mail. Even if he had to pay for it, bulk mail is cheap.
There used to be integrity in the news, though it was never perfect. Some people felt some responsibility to the truth. Now all they care is their paycheck, mainly because most of them are in debt up to their ears. That's what I mean when I say to buy noting and stop feeding the beast. A huge house mortgage is slavery. You cannot afford to quite your job. They could make you give blow jobs all day once you are in debt because the only power you have is to quit, and quitting means losing everything.
When I worked, I was extremely valuable and did quit. Eventually I went back, like eight times. It was my phone that rang and they always threw money at me. Towards the end, when they started some shit I didn't like ad I said "Ho boy, wait until my house is paid off", and I meant it. I cut down my working time to a bare minimum. Eventually I was out of there and actually traded jobs with someone which cut both our drive times way down. I had smashed a car trying to get there on time back in 1989 at which point I told them "I get here when I get here".
But most people cannot do that, plus they got kids. They are slaves, or more aptly put, serfs. Slaves are taken care of because their owner wants to maintain the property, serfs have to pay for their own shit.
But if you ever wonder why people, who should be good folks in most cases, will fuck over everyone at work, take a look at their mortgage, insurance, school tuition, payments on the new plasma TV and the internet to go with it along with smartphones for all the kids. If they quit they would be on the street in a matter of months, and they know there are not that many jobs out there, especially good paying ones.
Now if a CNN sales rep would have taken an ad and aired it that is critical of CNN, what do you think would have happened to him ? In the old days, probably nothing. It would just be considered "fair and balanced", but fair and balanced has taken on a whole new meaning these days.
And the corporate has more power than the government unless you got some really good Jewish lawyers. We live in a society in which court decide more about where the money goes than anyone else. I'm not saying it's right, but it pretty much looks like that is how it is.
You now what gets me ? See, we ow use the closed captioning on the TV. It is much better to have rid of the background music and special effects sounds. But the people who do the captioning make mistakes o the news. It is as if they want people to think this is all real time, impromptu dialog by the anchormen. Well that is completely untrue, every word is scripted. There are very few exceptions. Those might include the weatherman actually being outside but that is usually chromakeyed, which means he is in studio in front of a blue or "magic purple" background and the computer overlays a background from a camera outside behind him. The show is not live, and even if it is close to live there is a delay so they can correct mistakes. Ever see any of those "Why TV isn't live anymore" ?
Another thing they do, and this might drive you crazy once you really notice it, they use people with blue or green eyes. They look more honest. In fact you will see this in shows and movies as well. Brown eyed people are in the majority in this world, but not on screen. But the consensus in the industry is that viewers find blue or green eyed people more credible.
And it is an industry. And it is all sensationalism. Those people who kept their dead Mother in storage for eight months ? I knew them. The news said they did it for her social security checks but they were busted with eight UNCASHED social security checks. I know why they really did it, but the news does not look beyond the surface of an issue. They are like the kid on the street yelling "EXTRA EXTRA" selling newspapers. And unlike the past, they are taking unprecedented liberties with the facts.
I don't really see any way to rein them in other than to pretty much boycott them. Then we get no news at all or it all comes from overseas, and those outlets are not quite totally unbiased either. They tend toward liberalism because those countries are much more infected and affected. Like that they have health care. Sure, but if you make $500 a week you only take half of that home and you don't get a couple grand income tax refund either. People in good health are fucked. But their governments, and the attitude of the people seem to be that they like it that way. But then they don't lose their house when they get sick either. But what about those who do not get sick ? They get fucked.
Seems to me the BBC has been going a bit downhill. They are starting to sound like the party line more and more. I understand their liberalism but I am starting to wonder just what they refuse to report.
And of course RT and PressTV have slants that are anti-us. Take that with some salt. Al Jazzera is not balanced. You have to sift through it all to get anywhere near the truth. It was not so bad in years past but I tend to blame, partly at least, the conglomeration of these sources for the misinformation of US people, many of whom are paranoid to even read a foreign news source. Even the one from Israel, Haaretz, I find to be less unfair than most sources.
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