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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (52761)8/4/2004 1:59:33 PM
From: abuelita  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
what scares me a whole lot more is the ability
of big business (corporate america) to
influence the mainstream media - television,
radio, print.

chomsky says it better than i - (taken from an
article in one of the links in your profile.)

"More important, however, the neglect (by the American people and the American press) of the scope and significance of ... (American corporate brutality in the world at large) is a testimonial to the greatly underrated capacities of what we may call 'brainwashing under freedom'. The ability of the system (i.e., the American mass media in consort with its corporate sponsors) ... to reconstruct and shape the perspectives of history and the interpretation of current events in accordance with their own interests is truly impressive.
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