Please enlighten me whether or not it is a good idea.
CNBC and Bloomberg are for corporate America. Advancing their interests and supporting their views and being cheerleaders
of the stock market.
Fox news and its orbit supporters advance right wing and ultra-conservative views or even extreme right anti-immigrants, anti-semitic, anti-Muslim and anti-people of color, supporting their views with lies, made up facts and fake news in their endeavor.
CNN, MSNBC, Abc, CBS, and NBC are owned by big media companies, all feel obligated to bring the views on both sides of an issue without interjecting or imposing their own and without a strong push back on views that are clear lies and made up facts.
There are individual efforts by hosts who do, like Como, Rachel, Lawrence, and several others. But media giants are prisoners of ratings.
So who will advance the liberal and progressive agenda such as health care for all Americans?
which is a basic human right among the civilized world, there is nothing anti-American about taking care of Americans, with all due respect to Bloomberg, Schultz, and Erick Trump, the opposite is the anti-American stand.
3.5% of Americans are millionaires or billionaires, that means 96.5% of Americans are not, half of which can,t come up with $400 dollars in an emergency.
The primary responsibility of any decent government is taking care of all its citizen's. On top of the list are defense, security, health, and education as well as a legal system that is fair and equitable for all, not just a few, the rich and powerful.
That is not socialism unless having clean drinkable water, clean air to breeze or emergency service is socialism or anti-American.
Now tell me if I am wrong in saying we the people should have our own platform, our own megaphone, a media outlet to clearly advance American idealism where real debate can take place and real facts can be advanced not an alternative reality.
we need a media outlet that represents America,s real problems and discusses real solutions without constraints of ratings and trying to please everybody coverage. We need a true debate on policies without the fear-mongering and lies. Without the using of words that scare voters on a primal and emotional level and make them vote against their own clear interest.
The media has enormous power over shaping public opinion. It is true as psychology proved over and over that lies repeated often enough became perceived facts unless lies are exposed regularly and consistently over and over we will not advance progressive and liberal agenda favoring the majority of Americans, not just a few.
As I am writing this Trump is answering reporters questions from the oval office. Nonstop lies from him and very weak follow up
from reporters. This has to stop and our leaders have to be held to account if they mislead us.
I am calling for the formation of a new competitive media company managed by field experts and a strong board of directors. Well-financed by the general public shareholding to defend the interest of the majority of Americans and hold politicians to account.
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