Dan Rather speaks out against corporate media

Jeanwah
Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
edited May 2012 in A Moving Train
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)
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Dan's very out of touch.

    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.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    know1 wrote:
    Dan's very out of touch.

    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.

    :roll:
    Yeah, I'm sure you're more in touch...
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Jeanwah wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    Dan's very out of touch.

    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.

    :roll:
    Yeah, I'm sure you're more in touch...

    :lol::lol:

    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...
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Good man, Dan! One of the last of our true reporters. Now were left with actors and charlatans. I'm glad Mr. Rather is still out there!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,869
    rather still stands by his bush awol story. it takes a special kind of integrity to stand by a story that effectively ended your career on network tv.

    they don't make reporters like him, helen thomas, ed bradley, harry reasoner, mike wallace, et al anymore...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."

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