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we cannot use the term mainstream media anymore
before recall it
corporate media
i've really been thinking about this a lot over the last i don't know twenty
years
and just over the last couple of days i finally actually made progress on the
stock process and
i've used the terms
corporate media mainstream media homogeneous corporate media the
three-letter news media all of these terms kind of interchangeably
it's not really relevant to continue using the term mainstream media
because there's nothing mainstream
about the views that are
portrayed as common
on the corporate media so for example people know according to polling
that they're isn't really a controversy over
uh... the effect of humans on climate change right but
corporate media says there is they do that the false balance game where you
bring on
a scientist who is part of the point sixteen percent
to say it's kind of unclear what the reality of climate changes
and a scientist who's part of the ninety nine point eighty four percent who
believes that there is uh... something to be said about the effect of humans on
climate change
and they're portrayed as having equally valid and equally
controversial opinions when the reality is that's not the case
what's mainstream about that it's a corporate media presentation for profit
and to not be accused of liberal bias but there's nothing mainstream about it
fair enough but
coincidently it is
the mainstream
media
but here's the problem its mainstream
in the media world abroad but it's not mainstream in terms of america wonder
representing watch exactly so there's nothing mainstream by these ideas
another example
polls show that more and more americans are against corporate bailouts
bank welfare this kind of wall street governance that exists in this country
on corporate media its present that is something people aren't outraged by the
the major discussions about this are
is it good for the economy or not good for the economy forgetting about the
ethics morals and values event which people in this country basically reject
there's nothing mainstream about that point of view the time
now and i would say that just generally of most of the things that we need to
look for we compare major media
news organizations like cnn msnbc fox et cetera
we look at the way they're covering an issue but
the main way that they sort of distract us
from issues that actually the mainstream of u_s_
residents and citizens
agree wid
is by not even covering that all
number one and then if you do cover it
the context in which you cover it were the different news media are going to
disagree on has nothing to do with the problems that are actually the relevant
ones won the times getting its at the next example which i was going to
mention those switches
polls show americans are aware and upset about significant wealth and equality in
this country
the only real discussions you hear about that on corporate media or very limited
in scope
often portraying
the term wealth inequality as kind of
opening the door at least
to socialist economy a stadiums
and it's not really taken very seriously occupy helped
make it allure
commonplace but in the times making a very good point there
and still during occupy we saw
as shift from at the purpose of the demonstrations to uh... i don't know
someone drunk lying on the ground uh... breaking glass bottles right or mariella
at a larger yeah so the other reason we can't use by i'm not going to use the
term mainstream media anymore
when talking about the corporate media
is that the term has also kind of been co-opted in manipulated by sarah pale in
and some others on the bright to make a totally different point which is to say
they did talk about the lane stream mainstream media is being liberal
and that
as we know is just so drastically inaccurate that we can even really
address it today
but it's yet another reason to stay away from the term mainstream media because
really what we're talking about
is the corporate media i'm getting making an effort not to use the term
mainstream media anymore it's the corporate media
the kind of profit over truth media
and that's that's the real you know that it wasn't and lightning weekend louis
and uh... this is what i'm are now going to do i mean in a country effort
i'm with you on this and i i will try to do the same both a crack each other we
catch each other saying
mainstream media well speaking of the main sabes es this speaking of the
corporate media him doing it already been now that was a fickle correct