No, Mediaite, Bob Chapek is the most influential person in the
49 Don Surber
As the year ends, the media phones in lists to substitute for news as reporters enjoy some time for the holidays. This wrought a story headlined, Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2020. The list revealed how little Mediaite knows about the media.
As a reader said, "To me there is no News Media, only an entertainment complex of sorts."The media is a business. Adam Kelly, a legendary weekly newspaperman in West Virginia, told a far younger Don Surber the truth in 1983: The purpose of a newspaper is to make money for the publisher.
37 years later, I would add that when the publisher changes the purpose of his newspaper, innocent people lose their jobs. I offer as proof the Chilton family's quest for a Pulitzer in 2017, which resulted finally in a Pulitzer and the collapse of the Chilton family's ownership of Charleston Newspapers a year later.
Mediaite wrote that Chris Wallace is the most influential person in the media. That is as wrong as saying Putin elected Donald John Trump president.
The power at Fox News belongs to Sir Rupert Murdoch, not his hirelings. Oh sure, they influence him. Murdoch's interest in politics extends only as far as his financial interests go. As it should. Murdoch's purpose is to make money for his shareholders.
But Fox is a guppy in the media ocean. Disney is the pod of whales commanding that sea. Disney dominates the movie industry with its Marvel comics franchise, its Star Wars franchise, Pixar, and its library of animated films to be reshot as movies. I look forward to its transgendered live-action Pinocchio.
Disney also owns ABC, which has the No. 1 network morning show and the No. 1 network evening show.
When Roseanne Barr insulted the Obamas, Disney cancelled the show. This helps explain the cowardice of late-night shows when it comes to joking about Obama and the rest of the Democrat Party. He who pays the piper calls the tune.
Disney also owns ESPN, which dominates sports broadcasting. No other outlet better promoted BLM propaganda. ESPN made Colin Kaepernick a star.
A year ago, Disney launched a streaming service, which now dominates that market.
Who runs Disney? Bob Chapek became its CEO on February 25. By definition, his company's domination of the American media makes him the most influential person in the news media. David Muir and George Stephanopoulos are just the hired hands.
Never forget, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jimmy Stewart were just the stars. Louis B. Mayer ran MGM. None dared defy him.
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