I have put a lot of time into this, I want to get it right. I really think I have.
Post it on FR, or a link to it, and I’d like to read it.
‘Pod.
Sounds like an interesting thesis. You know, of course, that it will be discredited immediately by the has-been media. Paradoxically, for the very reasons you describe.
Mr. niteowl77
This sounds like something that would be incredibly useful.
I’ve done some research myself and I have “found” the very first occurrence of progressive journalism. Ok, well it was written down by some old guy, a Jew no less. Anyway, here it is - see what you think:
Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?
I hope to get everybody’s input.
http://www.academia.edu/10355595/Government_by_Journalism_-_The_Road_to_America
Government by Journalism - The Road to America
Here is a roundup of the copyright expired footnotes:
The Significance Of Mr. Hearst, by Sydney Brooks
The great metropolis; a mirror of New York, by Junius Henri Browne
How we advertised America, by George Creel
The Triumph of an Idea, Harper's Weekly
Helping to Make a President, by William Inglis.
The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin
The Basic Problem of Democracy, by Walter Lippmann (Became chapter 1 of Liberty and the News)
Liberty and the News, by Walter Lippmann
Public Opinion, by Walter Lippmann
Yellow Press Has Served Purpose, by Walter Lippmann (see page 6)
The Associated Press, by Melville Stone
Upton Sinclair to John Beardsley, 1929
The Brass Check, by Upton Sinclair
A Character Sketch of William Randolph Hearst, by William Thomas Stead
Dr Jim and Co. in Holloway Gaol, by William Thomas Stead
The Future of Journalism, by William Thomas Stead
Government by Journalism, by William Thomas Stead
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, by William Thomas Stead
I aim to make it easy for everybody to look at Journalism's history, examine it, and reference the ways in their own words they have decided to manipulate people. Other footnoted items include Drudge's original article about the Newsweek coverup, an article relating to the JournoList, Nelson Crawford's 1924 book "The Ethics of Journalism", Edward Bernay's book "Crystallizing Public Opinion", and a 1977 book about the Tet Offensive. One item that I did not footnote because it was such a well known story at the time is a small entry relating to Dan Rather's use of fake documents as an effort in Government by Journalism. Many of these and other footnotes are still in copyright, but I cite them briefly and with proper formatting as is common practice for research efforts of this type.
FYI Ping
Bump.
The heart of “progressivism” is having the government borrow money and give it for consumer spending (welfare).
ALL ad-based media makes it’s money from consumer spending.
We’re $17 trillion in debt.
The media will ALWAYS have a “progressive” content, “progressive” policies put money in their pocket.
Redistribution of income from ‘rich’ investors to spenders puts money in the media’s pockets that they would not otherwise have.
It’s not a matter of belief or inclination for the media, it’s a matter of profit.
Look forward to your work.
Well done! In doing your research were you able to come to any conclusion about what happened to conservative media? As you know, they actually existed once upon a time. Why were they unable to compete?