Reply #33: The Reich OWNS the Press [View All]

[Octafish]

During Nixon's time, the big complaint from the right was how the "Liberal Media" brought down the original Crook. Hmmm. The claim is absurd, seeing how "Deep Throat" or whomever did the leaking and only a couple of papers (WP and, later, NYT) did the reporting. Anyway, the charge stuck that the media were biased Left. So, to ensure that situation would never happen, the Reich decided to rectify things rightward.

The Big Corporations bought every media property in sight and when they were done they started buying each other. Ben Bagdikian talked about it in the early 80s in "Media Monopoly," which chronicled the change in mass media ownership. Today, things are much worse, with six companies controlling the lion's share of what American's see and hear and read.

Remember Bill Casey, the CIA head who took the rap for Iran-Contra and then died on the operating table? He helped tiny Capital Cities buy big old ABC Television nutwork. Nice coverage of the Democrats and the issues since then, fellahs!

Anyway...There's still hope. Here's a site that may be new to some DUers that has some recent stories and how they're almost "disappeared" as far as the mainstream goes:

Media Lies and Right Wing Bias

http://www.independent-media.tv/gtheme.cfm?ftheme_id=4

There's stuff from Dick Cheney getting away with millions from Halliburton to the Smear Boat driver Corsi. It's good to see this stuff in print, even if electronic.

EDIT: tippos.