I agree with “Of course the press is biased.” I agree it has always been that way.
What is different, of course, is that the press is owned by very few huge conglomerate corporations in our day, and these few very wealthy individuals/groups have similar interests and worldviews.
Therefore the news is 95% slanted in one direction.
In the America of yore, there were many news outlets with newspapers being the primary source of news. Most of these were in local hands. Even when they began consolidating, they did so regionally and not nationally/internationally, so various viewpoints were still available.
Except for the internet, we would be subject to the news as viewed through the eyes of the ultra-wealthy, and for some odd reason, they seem inclined toward a socialist world order. Baffles the hell out of me, but they are.
Perhaps they see power/money as being interchangeable.
Baffles the hell out of me, but they are.
When you centralize power you protect your position. They, each. regard themselves as anointed