This diary is an attempt to keep track of what is going wrong. It rounds up scandals (mon.), government (tue.), lost liberty (wed.), corporations (thur.), and media (fri.). The intent is to create a reliable resource that can be referred to at any time.
It may prove useful for those who do "interventions" with kool-aid drinking Republicans (send them to the MikMouse Diary).
Each list rounds up the week's latest stories, opinions and blogs. The objective is to keep track of everything we can in a single place where the best stuff can be easily seen. Over time we aim to make this a major resource and reference collection.
Corrections, additions, suggestions, criticisms and recommendations are encouraged.
MikMouse
ONGOING MEDIA MISINFORMATION, PERVERSION AND CORRUPTION
Current Status:
They do not care. When they get too many complaints they
turnoff the discussion lines. Corporate media must protect the corporate President. Misinformation is typified by nearly universal false claims that Dems took Abramoff's money. Perversion is massive time spent on Terry Sheivo and Cheney shooting and nothing spent on whistle-blowers, Iran oil bourse and "Teen Screen". Corruption is media shoveling paid propaganda and
shilling WH spin as "
news".
The root cause of the media failure to serve America is its increasing consolidation into the hands of fewer and fewer right wing mega-corporations and multi-billionaires (anybody ever hear of a "liberal" corporation?). The basic claim is that five megacorps own 80% of all newspaper, TV, radio, cable, satellite, music, film, theaters, and entertainment production and distribution operations in the US. The rest are nearly all Christian and foreign language operations. In near perfect harmony they sing the praise of corporate government, free trade and outsourcing, free market capitalism and profit, profit, profit. Now. At all cost.
This is the real reason for the accelerating media loss of credibility and audience/readership.
Ted Turner Blasts Media Consolidation
Master Site on media consolidation
Detailed look at one media market - SF
A specific list of who owns who
But Bill Moyers Tells All
Top Ten Censored Stories 2005
Censored 2006
Business Press Bias
War Coverage
Media Cover-ups at WantToKnow
Where are the investigative reporters
The Dominance of Right Wing Media
Have You Heard?
Whistleblower Hearing Met With Media Silence
This you won't see in the mainstream
Radio Payola
The Last Thoughts of an Iraq "Embed".
The Media and "missing" records
The best demonstration is the swelling media chorus (in five part harmony) pounding the glory of the Dubai port corporate deal. Day, after day, after day, until everyone is properly conditioned.
Some Get It Right
Earmarks and bribery - Investigative reporters untapped gold mine