Dan Rather speaks out against corporate media
Jeanwah
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http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/ar ... rnment%22/
"Whether you're a conservative or a liberal or a progressive, a Democrat or a Republican, everybody can be and should be concerned about this: the constant consolidation of media, particularly national distribution of media, with a few companies -- no more than six, my count is four -- now control more than 80 percent of the true national distribution of news. These large corporations, they have things they need from the power structure in Washington, whether it's Republican or Democrat, and of course the people in Washington have things they want the news to be reported. To put it bluntly, very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears, and reads than most people know."
The video on the site is really worth watching, including why he was fired from CBS. (releasing that GWB went AWOL)
"Whether you're a conservative or a liberal or a progressive, a Democrat or a Republican, everybody can be and should be concerned about this: the constant consolidation of media, particularly national distribution of media, with a few companies -- no more than six, my count is four -- now control more than 80 percent of the true national distribution of news. These large corporations, they have things they need from the power structure in Washington, whether it's Republican or Democrat, and of course the people in Washington have things they want the news to be reported. To put it bluntly, very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears, and reads than most people know."
The video on the site is really worth watching, including why he was fired from CBS. (releasing that GWB went AWOL)
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Is what he's describing happening? Absolutely.
Does it matter anymore when there are seemingly infinite other sources of news we have access to in order to verify what we're getting from the so-called major media outlets? Yes.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
:roll:
Yeah, I'm sure you're more in touch...
seriously....I watch Dan's news show in HDNEt...it's pretty good...this guy knows what he's doing and what he's taking about...
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
they don't make reporters like him, helen thomas, ed bradley, harry reasoner, mike wallace, et al anymore...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."