Conspiracy and the Media

Goldberg’s contends, in his book that the bias of the networks is not conscious. This is total nonsense, the producers of these programs have an agenda, and feel it is their civic duty to steer society toward their leftist panacea

I meant to take a crack at your comment a day or two ago but got caught up in story telling...

I haven't read Bias, but I have read numerous excerpts and reviews as well as several threads on FR concerning the book. My understanding of Goldberg's assertion is that most of the worker bees, including the anchors, are clueless regarding their own bias. They think they are mainstream, died-in-the-wool, middle of the roaders. I don't think he meant to imply that the ones frequenting the boardrooms are blameless.

Of course there is liberal bias at the networks, but it begins, is nurtured, and perpetuated from the very top IMO. Tom, Dan, and Petah didn't have to go to the powers at their respective networks and proclaim their ability to give the proper spin in their evening rants; the puppeteers already knew this about them. Years of observation of prospective anchors gave them all the evidence they needed to assure themselves of the PROPER presentation. This lesson is not lost on other anchor wannabes either; it generates its own state of mind.

The larger question is, why is the media so fond of socialism. Why, assuming they have a choice, have they allied themselves with the Dims and other social deviants in our government and academia? Why would they not ally themselves with conservatives? Simple answer: the media stands to gain (additional)enormous power as the Ministry of Information(nearly there already???) under a centralized government. One cannot function well without the other. What chance would the media have of gaining this lofty position under conservative principles?

I'd like to run on about this some, but my eyelids are slamming shut. FWIW, I've said it before, but IMO, the media even now is in a better position to set the Dim's agenda than the Dims themselves. Consider that the Dim's message wouldn't make it across the street without the media carrying it. If the media likes the message, they package it in a lovely presentation with ribbons, bows, whistles and bells that would make Goebbels blush. So, who's calling the shots???????

FGS

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