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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis article explains the inner workings of MSM news organizations and why we can't count on them.
https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/the-incredible-belief-that-corporate-ownership-does-not-influence-media-content/.....
As a journalist who has worked both inside and outside of establishment media, I see influence as embedded in a corporate media culture rather than in isolated cases of CEO dictates. It happens in little ways, such as how an interviewer frames a question, and in big ways, like the decision to exclude a topic, a person or a group of people from the airwaves.
Like most US companies, news organizations are hierarchies, which people who have worked in corporate offices can readily understand. Given that 90% of the United States media is controlled by five media conglomerates, the top executive at many news outfits is likely the CEO of a multinational corporation. The word comes down from the business execs to the companys division chiefs, as seen in countless movies (like the 1976 classic Network). This was how it was when I worked on primetime national news at CBS in the 1990s.
On the inside, it wasnt easy to see organizational bias, when job security and team work required overlooking it. The response to the heavily promoted primetime news pairing of two well-known anchors exemplified how news personnel learn to toe the line. The two anchors had zero chemistry, but no one mentioned it, as if an unwritten code had been instantly internalized. This dragged on for two years, pulling down the networks ratings.
Higher-ups would never offer editorial staff direct input on content. Thats what the executive and middle management were for. Would these managers confide to their staff that the big guns gave them a certain direction? No. Whatever it was, they would present it as their own, and it would be adopted.
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This article explains the inner workings of MSM news organizations and why we can't count on them. (Original Post)
alwaysinasnit
Sep 2019
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pwb
(11,204 posts)1. Fox allows lies according to lewendowski.
When he is on t v he said he is lying to the media which means he is lying to the public really.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. Well said,and it is the truth.
elocs
(22,474 posts)3. The MSM is unique inasmuch as it's the scapegoat for both Republicans & Democrats. n/t