On the whole, the mainstream media is...

[Bonn1997]

On the whole, the mainstream media is...

[ixion]

1. Totally Whack

was looking for that option.

[B o d i]

2. bought and paid for, one step away from being an outright infomercial

[pacalo]

12. That would have been my answer if provided: bought & paid for, totally owned

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Corporate propaganda on the level of the Matrix.

nt.

[Arctic Dave]

7. Too true. After watching the"news", I feel more dumb after.

I'm pretty sure I loose IQ points.

[MedleyMisty]

4. We were eating at Pizza Hut a few weeks ago

CNN was on the TV, very loud and shrill.

It was such obvious propaganda. Like, giant pink hammer with "Propaganda" written in purple glitter down the side repeatedly bashing you over the head obvious.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Other - worthless

[bigwillq]

6. Doing as their told

by their corporate bosses, who are mainly conservative.

The "reporters" are doing as they're told. Just thought I would clarify.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Not all of the reporters are "just doing what they're told" though

Some have vested interests in the agenda.

i.e. Andrea Mitchell Greenspan (NBC), Campbell Brown Senor (CNN), Leslie "Wolf" Blitzer (Mossad/CNN), just to name a few examples.

[City Lights]

16. I'll add David (Wilkinson) Gregory.

Beth Wilkinson is a former Fannie Mae executive who currently makes her living defending white collar criminals.

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. Makes Douchebag Gregory even Doucheier

Doucheier?? Is that even a word? Guess it is now.

[Bjorn Against]

8. Well they're definitely not mainstream n/t

[DKRC]

10. Talking heads with multi-million $ salaries

Not a true journalist among them ~ just interchangeable cogs in the propaganda machine.

[AndyTiedye]

11. Owned by the Reich Wing

[Enthusiast]

13. When the stimulus was proposed

there were several threads on DU about the disparity in appearances on TV by advocates of Obama's position and those against. Overall it was almost three to one. This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the MSM is in the tank for the Reich Wing. I don't see where there is any need to do a poll. It is apparent that even NPR is now right leaning, and VERY right leaning.

[annabanana]

14. THOROUGHLY CORPORATE. . . . dedicated to the status quo.

Nothing that might upset their applecart is ever allowed near the screen.

[960]

15. Other: Corporatist

They're not conservative or liberal, but their agenda is often in harmony with conservative ideals.

[KharmaTrain]

17. Bingo! Far From Mainstream

I prefer to think of "MSM" now as a right wing term...or one pushed by the corporate media to attempt to legitimize their elite views and propaganda. I don't see a network owned by a multi-national corporate such as General Electric...or Time/Warner or Newscrap as being "mainstream"...using that term lets them define who they are...more control of the message.