S.O.S. ALERT!

Corporate Media Protects the Corporate Regime


You would think the firing of 8 federal prosecutors for political reasons would be a front page story. You would think it would remain a front page story every day. You would think it might be just a tad bit more serious than Bill Clinton's white lie under oath about an illicit affair with an intern. You would think that our watchdog media would see this story as a leviathan, a monster, an historical event. You would think, but it's not our media. We're not dealing with the people's media. They aren't accountable to us. They are accountable to the major corporations that own them. In other words, they are only accountable to their SHAREHOLDERS. That's right. If there was a choice that day between running a story on Anna Nicole or the Sudanese genocide, which do you think would win out? It's a ratings war. And higher ratings bring higher ad revenue, which brings higher profits, which puts more money into the coffers of the shareholders. So don't be shocked that you aren't getting the real stories. The major media corps are massively conflicted in their interests. Their leaders belong to the ultra elite. This might put them a little out of touch with the majority of Americans. Think self-imagined philosopher kings. So, it's a system flaw. And we, the little people, just go with the flow. It looks like news to us. We've been lulled to sleep with visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads. Illusions of a brilliantly functioning democracy with a formidable media watchdog system, sitting in the wings, ready to bark and bite if anyone should step out of line. Right now, the political corruption is at the highest level in our nation's short history, and the media reaction is at a proportionately low level in comparison. The only saving grace to all this frustration might very well be the internet. It provides voices for all of us. Yet, the elite telecom corps know this, which is why they want to silence you. We will all be very sorry if we don't wake up. Today their were no frontpage stories on the "Gonzales 8". Does this strike you as interesting?