Snowden M$M Coverage: If US Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?

[99th_Monkey]

Snowden Coverage: If US Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?
Published on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 by Common Dreams * authored by Jeff Cohen

The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the same outlets—especially TV news—that missed the Wall Street meltdown and cheer-led the Iraq invasion have come to resemble state-controlled media outlets in their near-total identification with the government as it pursues the now 30-year-old whistleblower.

While an independent journalism system would be dissecting the impacts of NSA surveillance on privacy rights, and separating fact from fiction, U.S. news networks have obsessed on questions like: How much damage has Snowden caused? How can he be brought to justice?

Unfazed by polls showing that half of the American rabble—I mean, public—believe Snowden did a good thing by leaking documentation of NSA spying, TV news panels have usually excluded anyone who speaks for these millions of Americans. Although TV hosts and most panelists are not government officials, some have a penchant for speaking of the government with the pronoun “We.”

more: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/26-0

[newfie11]

1. This is why I watch very very little msm

It's a waste of time. I object to being fed the talking points of the day babble.

[Fumesucker]

2. People who have risen to the top of the heap in the current system will defend it

Attacking the system is attacking them, they are the living embodiment of privilege of place.