I do think that there was a time when some mainstreamjournalists acted like
journalists. And there was a time when the New York Times was more trustworthy
than it is now. And there was a time when the Washington Post was not owned by
the same person who owns a corporation that is eating up every other
corporations. And when CNN first started, they really were on the spot to
report news as it was happening. There was a time when local radio stations
were truly local. Yes, there was commercial sponsorship and yes, newspapers did
cooperate with the government to some extent, but there has been a vast sea
change in the past 40 years.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Stupid Commenter
I second Miriam's "welcome back, Marsha".
Here's hoping your absence was due to having too exciting a life to have time
for email. It can happen!
Maybe it was the fact that I was young, and maybe it was due to the newspapers
being the main bearer of local, national and world news, that made it seem to
me that most Americans trusted the papers. Even though those papers were owned
and financed by Wall Street and Madison Avenue. There was a feeling that the
journalists and reporters were presenting honest news. Of course in looking
back it is obvious to see that this was not so, that most of the news was
"Handled" by editors who knew from where their bread was buttered. But because
many of the old line papers and news magazines had been around forever, we had
a measure of trust in them. But it really was a matter of perception. The
news we were fed back then was just as manipulated as the news now being
delivered via the Mass Media and the internet. One big difference is the
availability of all sides of the day's news. So many versions that we find our
brains spinning. For my way of thinking, given how controlled the news had
been for so many years, today's overload of opinions and versions of the day's
activities is a good thing. We actually have to think about what we are
reading, and compare the many sides, often creating our own slant.
After such a long time of being taught to accept and not think too much, we are
going through a painful transformation. Thinking is good for the working
class, but it scares the pants off the Ruling Class.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/24/17, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak at a health care rally in
Charleston on Sunday. A local television station made a Facebook post
asking the question, do you intend to attend the rally. One of the
comments read as follows: I will definitely not attend. Bernie Sanders
is under investigation by the F.B.I. for helping the Russians try to
make Donald Trump lose the election.
