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  • #31
    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
    At least in the case of stations owned by Sinclair and other media conglomerates, it's pretty easy to figure out who is calling the shots, but what about national networks that are all owned by different companies? Who is the puppet master pulling their strings?
    The right-wingers have Turner Broadcasting doing the same.

    The puppet master is however is funding them in terms of political backers.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Charles View Post
      And to moral standards and the very religious values, they claim to support.
      Have you been able to share you keen insights into the risen Christ and the message for the world?

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      • #33
        Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
        Do tell. I truly believe that a significant number of Trump supporters are traitors to this country's values.
        Indeed, the conservatives are traitors to the leftist socialist/communist efforts to remove freedom -- the leftists have made that desire for enslavement central to the country values.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          Not mass scripting. but local news buying stock news stories. Much like stock photos, there are agencies that sell subscriptions to news stories, usually "local flavor" and "human insterest" stories. The local news agencies use these stories as "fillers" - so you end up with them all reading the same 'script' and then showing the same video clips.
          Some group still makes the message that will be taken up by many local stations. Like Mountain Man mentions, whose agenda is behind that? Our country, our whole world, is changed by the messages emphasized in this fashion. If more people recognized the propaganda, we might be less influenced by it.

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
            The right-wingers have Turner Broadcasting doing the same.

            The puppet master is however is funding them in terms of political backers.
            Ideally we could return to diverse news reporting and political commentary instead of the centralized propaganda and control of ideology. We can have the people we like to listen to, but don't make one person or group as the scriptwriter for all broadcasts.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
              Ideally we could return to diverse news reporting and political commentary instead of the centralized propaganda and control of ideology. We can have the people we like to listen to, but don't make one person or group as the scriptwriter for all broadcasts.
              I don't think anyone knows of a solution to the problem of there in the US exiting these massive media conglomorates. I think they're a symptom of other issues in the end.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                Ideally we could return to diverse news reporting and political commentary instead of the centralized propaganda and control of ideology. We can have the people we like to listen to, but don't make one person or group as the scriptwriter for all broadcasts.
                I think one of the big problems is that news organizations have never really been the best place to get accurate information. They're mostly started by rich men who want to control the message and promote their own agenda. The picture of a reporter working late into the night in a dogged pursuit of the truth is more fantasy than reality, and the whole notion of "fake news" is hardly new. Ulysses S. Grant wrote in his memoirs (emphasis mine):

                After the war, during the summer of 1865, I travelled considerably through the North, and was everywhere met by large numbers of people. Every one had his opinion about the manner in which the war had been conducted: who among the generals had failed, how, and why. Correspondents of the press were ever on hand to hear every word dropped, and were not always disposed to report correctly what did not confirm their preconceived notions, either about the conduct of the war or the individuals concerned in it. The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges. On one occasion a correspondent put in my mouth the very charge I had so often refuted—of disloyalty. This brought from General Buell a very severe retort, which I saw in the New York World some time before I received the letter itself. I could very well understand his grievance at seeing untrue and disgraceful charges apparently sustained by an officer who, at the time, was at the head of the army. I replied to him, but not through the press. I kept no copy of my letter, nor did I ever see it in print; neither did I receive an answer.
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                  I mentioned that earlier. Rush Limbaugh regularly plays clips on his show of talking heads from the major networks all using identical words and phrases to describe a story. At least in the case of stations owned by Sinclair and other media conglomerates, it's pretty easy to figure out who is calling the shots, but what about national networks that are all owned by different companies? Who is the puppet master pulling their strings?
                  What's odd is that these folks are supposedly in competition with each other so you'd think that it behooves them to try to stand out rather than wanting to simply blend in and being indistinguishable from the other guys.

                  I'm always still in trouble again

                  "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                  "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                  "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
                    Do tell. I truly believe that a significant number of Trump supporters are traitors to this country's values.
                    I know. That much is obvious.


                    What is truly ironic is that you belong to the side that despises traditional American values, doing all that they can to scrap them and replaces them with values that would make Sodom and Gomorrah look like a nunnery.

                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                      I know. That much is obvious.


                      What is truly ironic is that you belong to the side that despises traditional American values, doing all that they can to scrap them and replaces them with values that would make Sodom and Gomorrah look like a nunnery.
                      Color me intrigued. What values do I stand for which are in stark opposition to traditional American values?

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