>A person well respected in the news business said something interesting the other day. He said that journalism no longer exists. The media is controlled by sponsors.
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>The media decides what will be said and how it will be reported. A meeting is held at the beginning of the week to decide what top two or three stories will be reported.


I watched one show recently which had an ex-media executive talking exactly about this news-fixing. Just like big banks here (and perhaps elsewhere) maintain undeclared (is illegal) cartel where they discuss/agree market rates etc.

While in case of banks you still get your loan
(at somewhat elevated price / brutal fee charges)
in case of big news channels, instead of real news you get b-class soap style entertainment. It became simply disquisting.
[ I have to apologise to soap-opera makers for this unfair comparison! ]


Someone here slammed idea of having state (tax) sponsored news channels because they go against free market ideals, but when you look at (global) effects and consequences of missinformation/manipulation that bundled big news corporations are dispensing on unsuspecting audiences, I don't see
it as all that bad idea. More like a 'good start' :)

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