Kucinich Charges That American Media Owned By Military Contracters Are Biased And Supports His Claim

[Joanne98]

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (Ohio, Democratic Party Candidate for President) argued fairly successfully on the Voice of America (VOA) program , Press Conference USA of VOA News Now, this past weekend (Nov. 17, 2007) that the American media is biased against him and its campaign.

This, he claims, is why he is not running at least 3rd or 4th in Democrat election polls already.

When called on the claim by a commentator, Kucinich pointed out quickly that he was the only serious presidential candidate who had not been invited recently to NBC’s Meet the Press.

Earlier Kucinich had noted that this great media bias against his campaign was reflected by the obvious fact that a major defense contractor, who (of course) profits from war, owns a major news network, NBC.

Dennis Kucinich is the only major presidential candidate who was in Congress or Senate in 2003 and voted against the war in Iraq and all the financing for it.

Kucinich also voted against the US Patriot Act and is against the emphasis on labeling millions of peoples illegals “as though they are lesser humans”.

NAFTA

Kucinich suggests that NAFTA and other trade deals have not only worsened the job situation of Americans but, in fact, led to a massive migration northward in lands where labor unions and labor rights enforcement are weaker than in the USA.

In short, Kucinich claimed that many of these “illegal migrants” were forced to flee their homeland due collapse of job market and increase in inflation related to NAFTA’s inception.

This is why he has severe reservations about keeping NAFTA and other trade agreements, i.e. if labor is not protected in the USA and abroad better.

WAR—NOT AS PRIMARY POLICY INSTRUMENT

Kucinich also made clear that besides having maintained a record of voting against non-democratic actions of the current White House, he has stood soundly for cooperation with other states to fight rogue elements around the world.

However, he added that this did not involve invading and taking over whole states who had not attacked America.

Kucinich said this in clarification to the insinuation made by one of the VOA interviewers that he didn’t want America to fight if attacked.

“No”, Kucinich explained, he felt it was very important to take out al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan but not necessarily to take over whole uninvolved regions and peoples, such as the rump of Afghanistan and all of Iraq—which definitely had no Al-Qaida elements in 2003.

MEDIA OWNERSHIP

According to a 2004 review, “Viacom, the owner of CBS, is the second-largest media company in the country. Disney, the owner of ABC, is the fourth. NBC (as a division of G.E.) is the fifth.
However, MSNBC, has an even wider audience as a major internet news service provider. It was General Electric which Kucinich was referring to—but not by name—on Press Conference USA. General Electric is not only involved in shipbuilding but in many facets of arms development and the development of technologies to manage them.

Kucinich was reminding radio listeners and the VOA that access to these media powers determines the messages people receive from their news broadcasters—including the viewers’ and listeners’ access to good information on presidential candidates in a fair way.

NOTES

Dennis Kucinich for President, http://www.dennis4president.com/

Network TV Ownership, http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/narrative_networktv_ownership.asp?cat=5&media=4

http://the-teacher.blogspot.com/

[mrfixit]

1. That's why we LOVE HIM!!!

He's on every corporate shitlist in the USA.

Go, Dennis, GO...NH can be YOURS, Baby!!!

[hijinx87]

2. the key word in the phrase "major presidential candidate" . . .

is "major".

dennis is an admirable guy, but he needs to relax.

[mmonk]

4. The media is not forthcoming whether Kucinich is a loser

to you or not. We in the US are quite propagandized at the moment. Truthtellers are not welcome. Iniatives such as impeachment will not be covered.

[hijinx87]

5. ok, more people than just dennis need to relax

apparently.

[mmonk]

6. As long as so few in our country know what is going on

due to the lack of real journalism or journalism that promotes a view for someone's benefit instead of information, I won't be (nor feel a need to). To relax is to accept.

[hijinx87]

7. I think there may be a couple of people in the country that know what's going on

all 5 of us meet for drinks on thursdays after work.

[mmonk]

10. Sounds like a plan.

[LWolf]

8. Personally, I prefer him energetic.

He's energetic about fighting corruption, fighting attacks on the constitution, and fighting for the "major" non-elite segment of the U.S. population that gets shafted by tptb.

He's energetic about speaking out when things aren't right, and about taking action to do something about them. I wish the rest of the candidates were that energetic.

He's the major threat to the status quo in this race, which is exactly why American media marginalizes him.

[hijinx87]

9. I am certainly not defending the MSM

but I think his lack of coverage has more to do with the fact
that he is polling around 1%.

[LWolf]

12. Those two things are interconnected.

In the current system, you get poll numbers by getting lots of money, which means corporate support, and by getting lots of airtime, which you get from having money and corporate support.

Then you get more money, more support, and more air time based on those poll numbers.

If someone doesn't take money from corporations, and works to do things that corporate America doesn't like, they won't get the money or the airtime, and their poll numbers will reflect that.

Of course, the msm also works actively to marginalize him when they HAVE to include him, like at a debate. Look at the amount of talk time he gets at debates, and the questions they allow him to answer. In most news stories, they may not even remember to mention that he's a candidate, let alone give him equal print space. All of that affects poll numbers, as well.

[KoKo]

3. Kucinich is a Truth Teller .........

[CyberPieHole]

11. I donated to the Kucinich campaign...the guy is Honest to a fault...

It would be great to have someone like him as the frontrunner. I loved it when talked impeachment at the debate. Sadly he was shut down for saying the "I" word.

Go Dennis!

[Desertrose]

13. Keep speaking out Dennis...

you are being heard more & more...in spite of those who try to stop your voice from speaking the truth.

DR

[BornagainDUer]

14. This is the only candidate getting into this stuff! This stuff needs to

be put in the debates.