An Age Of Manufacturing Consent Of The Public By The U.S. Corporate News Media
Omar Moore looks at how the U.S. corporate cable news media softens the general public into acceptance of corporatists as political leaders (and vice versa), as well as the revolving door of some media pundit/analysts to government cabinet positions and back. The pernicious trend has gone on ever since the scrapping of the Fairness Doctrine by Ronald Reagan’s FCC in 1987 and Bill Clinton’s deregulation of the media in 1996 via the Telecommunications Act. December 19, 2020. Featured in this episode: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand, by David Barstow (NY Times) April 20, 2008…
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