I agree. Originally, I put the wire services at the bottom because they don't have their own outlets and depend on other media to run their stories. But since they feed stories to Big Media outlets it seems logical to place then higher up the food chain.
How the issue of their ownership by several Big Media companies affects their placement on the food chain is another question, which I'm not sure how to answer yet.
ForGod'sSake writes: "Bottom line though, does it shed any light on the great questions of our time?"
Yes, because we are at war with the MSM, and, to wage a successful war, we must learn the disposition of enemy forces.
Mapping the command structure of the MSM will tell us who is really in charge of it.
Indeed!
Mapping the command structure of the MSM will tell us who is really in charge of it.
Now that is a point worth pondering. Could it be the MSM is a loosely bound group of, uh, "insurgents" that don't really have a true command structure, but are held together by a common ideal? Sorta like al Queda et al???
For a long time I have held the notion that cutting off the head of the beast would render it impotent. I'm not so sure any more a head even exists. A "general" that passes down marching orders to the MSM troops. These troops are recruited because of their idealogy, not unlike al Queda's recruitment style, eh? An observant recruit can tell pretty quickly what it takes to get ahead within the organization. Witness the front men/women for the MSM. The most ambitious and clever spinners make it to the top of the MSM food chain?
BUT, if this scenario is more or less correct, would it add anything to the way we might approach the problem? Our(conservatives') basic plan for the last, say 10 years or so, has been to expose the leftist propaganda masquerading as news. You would probably agree the Media Research Center and others have encyclopedic volumes of evidence that support the propaganda charge. In any case, something seems to be working. Maintain patience and stay the course?
FGS