From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Nov 20 2004 - 21:56:00 GMT
msh:
> For example, the only people who were surprised that no WMD were
> found in Iraq are people who's world views are shaped by the
> commercial mass media.
Ah yes, a grand conspiracy by the commercial mass media to pressure all
the world's intelligence agencies to say the Iraq had WMD. Absurd.
> So, again, the obvious answer is that these are not left-wing
> institutions at all. They are huge corporations, usually part of
> still larger multi-national conglomerates. It may be that the
> average reporter or photographer or camera-man leans slightly to the
> left, maybe supporting abortion rights, or cutting the military
> budget to build more schools or something. But these people have
> nothing at all to say about what actually shows up on the front page, or is
> broadcast over the networks. There the view is quite different, and
> reflects the leanings of the corporate owners.
Many surveys have shown that most owners and editors of broadcast news and
newspapers are leftists. For a view by an insider (not from some ivory-
tower professor) read "Bias" by Bernard Goldberg.
Platt
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