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[Letters]

Seriously? The campaigns control the US media?

I wouldn't say they control the media, but FOX are clearly and unashamedly pro Republican, MSNBC are clearly and unashamedly pro Democrat.
They don't just report the news, they both constantly spout propaganda for the side they support. Whether they are paid to do so is not really relevant, the end result is whoever you support you can find a new source which constantly tells you what you want to hear and reinforces your beliefs. I happen to think that's a bad thing.

Sponsored by Pfizer doesn't ring a bell?

No.

As for the BBC, they only have the one sponsor, don't they? And it shows.

Who's that then?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Sounds like you are unaware of Operation Mockingbird, you should look that up and then post something up here that states you already knew about it and it's a conspiracy theory.

Sounds like you are taking a largely unsubstantiated allegation and treating it like gospel truth

But that’s not fair is it, that’s not the kind of thing you’d do.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wouldn't say they control the media, but FOX are clearly and unashamedly pro Republican, MSNBC are clearly and unashamedly pro Democrat.
They don't just report the news, they both constantly spout propaganda for the side they support. Whether they are paid to do so is not really relevant, the end result is whoever you support you can find a new source which constantly tells you what you want to hear and reinforces your beliefs. I happen to think that's a bad thing.


No.


Who's that then?

Look, you just aren't aware enough to have a useful opinion on any of this. You are entitled to an opinion, and you give it with gusto, but the gaps in your knowledge are crippling to your understanding of how and why the media works the way it does. And I know, it's just me saying that so he said, she said. But it's just a fact some people are in possession of more information than others. You should seriously find out what, "Sponsored by Pfizer", means and it will start to give you some pointers along the path towards a basic understanding of this subject.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sounds like you are taking a largely unsubstantiated allegation and treating it like gospel truth

But that’s not fair is it, that’s not the kind of thing you’d do.

Where did you go, Wikipedia? Bigger boys than me don't view this in the same convenient and predictable way. You should start with the Church Committee and work forwards until you get to Anderson Cooper and his cohorts. Educate yourself.

[Letters]

Look, you just aren't aware enough to have a useful opinion on any of this. You are entitled to an opinion, and you give it with gusto, but the gaps in your knowledge are crippling to your understanding of how and why the media works the way it does. And I know, it's just me saying that so he said, she said. But it's just a fact some people are in possession of more information than others. You should seriously find out what, "Sponsored by Pfizer", means and it will start to give you some pointers along the path towards a basic understanding of this subject.

Feel free to point me at some sources.
I have explained repeatedly why I can't take you seriously as a source or truth but if you point me to some places I'll have a look.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Where did you go, Wikipedia? Bigger boys than me don't view this in the same convenient and predictable way. You should start with the Church Committee and work forwards until you get to Anderson Cooper and his cohorts. Educate yourself.

First of all the Church Committee’s remit was only to look at abuses of power starting in the 1970s and all three people I referenced started their careers much earlier. And it was focused generally on the intelligence agencies general abuse of power in terms of surveillance and propaganda rather than simply media infiltration.

But it’s nice to know how you’ve taken that and run with it to make the assumption that all mainstream American media was under the control of US intelligence. I somehow doubt Cronkite’s invectives against the Vietnam war would have been approved by the Pentagon.
That and the fact that the Church committee was based on press revelations about Intelligence activity