Okay. Well um....it's like combining peanut butter with jelly. Seperately they both tasteful. Together they are very tasteful. Concentration/Mergance increases power. The best of both worlds. However by limiting the number of corporations the bias increases. Like only having a limited selection of food choices.
One Media outlet that becomes to powerful is a real danger to governments and people. Especially if it isn't common knowledge that it works like that, which can easily be hidden in a democratic country if you own the Media...
Yes - the power of the media is immense. It can create mass panic, it can make you believe whatever the hell the governemnt want you to know - media is breeding ground for propaganda of any kind.
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of course, they are powerful...
the media influences our thinking, our feelings,etc...
you get prejudices against someone and the media can show what they want--the audience has to believe it...
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I know that was a joke.
I personally don't mind the media being so strong as it is, of course nthey are powerful but they are just powerful because we belive everything they say...so in fact we are the ones that have the power and they just have the abillity to use us ( well at least some of us)
But for those of you who think the media is too powerful....well what do you want to do aboot it....abnd be aware that I am not afraid to call someone fascist
We don't really have much of a choice, at least a lot of people don't they will believe what they are told..
The Media can easily tell a lot of people that America that every vulcano in the world suddenly erupted show some outdated images and then start a fundraiser and make millions. How many people are actually going to go there to check? Very few, the Media can just ignore all the facts and refuse to tell them. Of course the real problem is the internet here, and our only real freedom. Would we lose the internet however we would pretty much be forced to believe what we are told, becuase that is all we know
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Thats so wonderful in america you can chose either between fascists or communist....no I am a free liberal in the historic sense of the word not the american bullshit liberal stuff.
I know you didn't say I'm an american republican but you I'm one of the people that don't care if the media is powerful or not.
Well yes thats true they could tell everyone that.....but they all would had too and are you sure that alll news would send this lie...and as you said there is still the internet....I don't see the problem...if you don't like it open your own news channel or do whatever its a free country they can do what they want...you can do what they want.
the media has always been the unofficial 4th branch of government that kept the other three branches in line. Unfortunately, with deregulation and the reapeal of the fairness act, the media has become the mouthpiece of the ruling party and corporate interests, bombarding the nation with bias news and infotainment presented as news with less and less time spent on reporting actual news.
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Apr 29th, 2005 04:51 PM
I've never heard of time-warner 
