tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post2162351966408330439..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Bundy Cui Bono?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-61656611477443912142016-01-07T15:13:06.140-05:002016-01-07T15:13:06.140-05:00But seriously, do those 26 media outlets REALLY co...But seriously, do those 26 media outlets REALLY constitute 90% of American media? Not by any realistic measurement. MTV? Pixar? Jeopardy? Do we really worry that CBS is putting ideologically slanted questions on Jeopardy. That Marvel superheroes are intended to do ANYTHING other than sell more action figures?<br /><br />I have no idea how to measure it, but I'd be surprised if these 26 properties constitute 10% of American media, and even at that many of them are useless for promoting a particular worldview or belief system.mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-37593116735780343132016-01-07T12:34:06.366-05:002016-01-07T12:34:06.366-05:00The illusion of choice
Note that the Washington P...<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6" rel="nofollow">The illusion of choice</a><br /><br />Note that the Washington Post is popularly thought of as "liberal media."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/12/today-in-fred-hiatts-rag" rel="nofollow">Fred Hiatt just got rid of Howard Meyerson</a> over New Year's, eliminating one of the WaPo's actual liberal voices.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-73806659575955580942016-01-07T11:25:02.610-05:002016-01-07T11:25:02.610-05:00First, I would disagree with your conclusion that ...First, I would disagree with your conclusion that reporting from Malheur has been 'subdued'. I guess you can form your own definition of who exactly the 'mainstream media' is, but I'd submit that it's a much less operative description in 2016 than it was ten years ago. People have access to all sources, so I'm not sure which ones fall outside the 'mainstream'. And while many sources have an ideological axe to grind, that doesn't reduce their coverage of a given event, necessarily, but rather influences how they interpret and describe those events to the audiences in their silo. Everywhere I look the coverage is deep, broad and relentless - including much commentary about how differently these armed white men are being treated versus some other elements of the community, and shocked outrage that they are being allowed to come and go, and that the power hasn't even been cut off.<br /><br />So what's actually shockingly subdued is the way law enforcement is handling the occupation, rather than the media coverage. In some cases the media has been sympathetic to that approach (notably calling the takeover a 'peaceful protest'), but that's ideological and racial messaging, not 'subdued coverage'. <br /><br />I'd also disagree with your conclusion that the media - across a number of regional and ideological sectors - has all decided to work together to assist large corporations to acquire public lands. That's a little too 'infowars' for me. I'd have to see a credible whistleblower or a report of meetings to arrange this collusion before I'd start to accept such a thing is happening. Considering how difficult it's been for energy companies to gain access to oil in ANWR and off the California coast, even if this was the strategy there's very little evidence that it has any chance of success...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-86434735492577278942016-01-07T06:12:34.940-05:002016-01-07T06:12:34.940-05:00IIRC there is a lot of Koch money backing the move...IIRC there is a lot of Koch money backing the movement.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-79334893408194097252016-01-07T02:13:15.546-05:002016-01-07T02:13:15.546-05:00They're especially dumb if they think they'...They're especially dumb if they think they're the ones who will benefit from a land grab.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.com