Even if you are left-leaning yourself, don't you consider it a problem how one-sided almost all of mainstream media has become? How did we get here?
By the way, I don't know how it is in other countries, but in Germany, it's the same, and it has been an orchestrated and concerted effort over decades to take over the media - especially the public broadcasting stations which get funded to the tune of 10 billion a year. Same in the UK - BBC very far left.
Almost all western media are biased, be it left or right. There are no real objective media in the West these days. Maybe it is just that media are biased everywhere in the world.
That graph is BS BS BS trash. They should NOT do it by party affiliation. They should do it by singular issues. I sure the fuq do not see “mainstream media” touting universal healthcare like every other modernized country in the world. I don’t see them supporting legalization of mj because of pharmaceutical adds they rely on that republicans vehemently oppose at every turn but the media and bought dems don’t fight for either but publicly polls by far in the majority for legalization. I could go on and on. But your graph is straight trash ATW.
There was the fairness doctrine, but it might've been more effective at a time when things were simpler and TV's had less than 20 channels to watch from. Corporate media isn't far left. It's more left or right of center because it tries to please advertisers or the interests of their parent companies. The journalists in msm do have a stronger left leaning bias, though they rarely go Glenn Greenwald and bite the hands that feed them. Just look at how many distance themselves from Greenwald even before he went nuts because American values >>> journalistic integrity.
Hard to maintain something like a wide segment of Mainstream in a Country this divided. You also have more parties and more of a Middle/Center(whatever you call it) in Germany etc.
Glenn Greenwald is a piece of **** so that may not be the best example to use I am, though, thankful to ATW for making me realize that I am a Woke Leftist Communist, a category which to the best of my knowledge encapsulates anyone who does not agree with him.
Truly a mystery why people whose job is to report reality aren't more favorable to those who deny reality.
Their job is to make money for their employer. The media will report in whatever way generates the most revenue.
I have found BBC news to be pretty fair. And news Nation seems to be represented by both sides. I only watch CNN for the Sunday night mini-series, or if something breaks like a plane crash
Mainstream media is anti-capitalist? Damn so many corporate executives going against their own financial interests. How does this work?
It exactly means it diametrically opposed leftist values. You are confusing liberalism with leftism. Who said anything about stories and involving corporations? Mainstream media is not left leaning. It's status quo leaning.
There is journalism. And then there is propaganda. One is a occupation of passion and the other is a meal ticket. Passionate people are generally not wealthy.
What's the difference between liberalism and leftist? Im assuming you mean politics/social issues vs economics and taxes for instance. I think a better word than leftist is progressive. For the record I think the media has been on the right side (no pun intended) of most social issues like civil rights. Lastly my first comment was more sarcasm for Sir Jackie stating a standard opinion that most people already believe as if it was an original thought
This distinct difference between neo-liberalism and leftism existed for a while now so I don't know why people pretend to not understand the difference. If you have a couple of hours to spare, I found this explanation of the liberal media complicity in the rise of fascism in Europe a good way to address the difference between liberalism and leftism. Start at the 3 minute mark if you just want to skip over to the actual start of the discussion. To sum it up: the fear of organized labor trumped their fear of fascists until it was too late to realize their grave mistake and a lot of the same mistakes are repeated again today. And that fear of organized labor over the fear of rising fascism makes sense given the manner in which liberal media is owned. Of course a bunch of capital interests are going to fear organized labor over fear of some yokels saying mean things about migrants.
