[stop_fascism]

Corrupt usually means to forgo your principles for financial gain. Our media does just the opposite. They are willing to teeter on the edge of insolvency in order to push their leftist agenda.

[FrankR]

"Is the American Press Corrupt?"

Has a cat got a climbing gear?

[screaming eagle2]

does Charlie Daniels play a mean fiddle?(sorry Geico)

[orinoco]

Those who are biased slant the story to fit with their personal agenda. For the main stream media this bias would be to the left.

Those who are fair and balanced will attempt to present a report on a story based n the evidence and the facts.

Those who are corrupt will tend to show bias and also report stories based on here-say. They will not verify the facts or evidence but simply accept the information because it helps to promote their ideology.

We are seeing more and more corruption in reporting. Just look at the lies about Tea Party patriots. All of which have been proven to be lies with video evidence.

[highlander_UW]

Huge yes!

[highlander_UW]

Today, we have a problem in America. Entire news operations are devoting themselves not to reporting events honestly, but to promoting a certain ideology or party.

This is what is known as propaganda. If it weren't also corrupt, the US government should refuse to guarantee student loans to journalism majors until they change it to propaganda major. At least it'd be accurate.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Does the Ursine omnivore defecate in an exurban environment?

[GeronL]

The MSM is not biased to the left.

They ARE the left.

[timestax]

You mean Obambi’s Cheerleaders ?

[GeronL]

When the Founding Fathers granted the press privileges beyond those of everyday citizens

Where?

Where in the Constitution does it define that my personal website or Free Republic is not part of the "press"??

I say we have every right to be the "press" as much as anyone in the MSM.

[Texas Eagle]

a more damning charge is now being debated: Are U.S. media outlets actually corrupt?

NOW being debated???

Just because the thought finally penetrated that granite block you call a head it is only now worthy of CONSIDERATION that there are possibly, potentially, arguably, indications that they might be left-wing psychofants (sp?) of the RAT Party?

Begone, O'Reilly!

[Brad from Tennessee]

NBC’s parent, GE, is heavily invested in the “green” industry. Getting Cap-and-Trade passed will mean big money for GE and its investors. Then there's this:

OBAMA OPEN TO NEWSPAPER BAILOUT BILL (9-20-09)

By Michael O'Brien, THE HILL

The president said he is “happy to look at” bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses.

“I haven't seen detailed proposals yet, but I'll be happy to look at them,” Obama told the editors of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade in an interview.

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced S. 673, the so-called “Newspaper Revitalization Act,” that would give outlets tax deals if they were to restructure as 501(c)(3) corporations. That bill has so far attracted one cosponsor, Cardin's Maryland colleague Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D). . .

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/59523-obama-open-to-newspaper-bailout-bill

[redpoll]

As a former print and radio journalist, I didn’t even read beyond the headline before coming to this conclusion, based on evidence after two decades in the media trenches:

“Yes.”

[AmericanInTokyo]

BOUGHT. OFF.

No doubt about it.

[onyx]

It might have been helpful had BOR come to this conclusion during the campaign for the presidency.

[skookum55]

Count O’Reilly as amongst the most corrupt. He’s an attack dog on those bringing up valid questions about Obama’s natural-born status, and he actively aids and abets the coverup.