Reply #7: If you don't like the "MSM"'s fascist propagandizing, and its "black holes" in our [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

national political narrative, then stop calling them the "mainstream" media. They are not even close to reflecting the real mainstream of the country. Don't give them that ground. That ground--that they are the "mainstream"--is, indeed, one of their few brainwashing successes. I realize what people are trying to say, when they use "MSM"--some sort of comprehensive phrase that describes and includes all the national delusion-makers--but this phrase is so sloppy, and so inaccurate, that it hands the 5 rightwing billionaire CEOs who control the corporate newsstream a big fat victory, without a fight. The fascist news media. The corporate news media. The Bushite-controlled news media. The billionaire-controlled news media. Please find another phrase to use.

I use "war profiteering corporate news monopolies," and I type it out almost every time. Sometimes "corporate news monopolies," for short. But the war profiteering aspect of it is real, and needs to be frequently pointed out. These are not just news organizations, they are conglomerates, with fingers in the war industries. And they are monopolistic, and also absolute killers of democracy. They are not "mainstream" anything. They are fascists. It might do to add a word (and letter) to the phrase: the mainstream media delusion (MSMD). But, whatever you do, please think about it--and ask yourself about the impact, not only on others, but also on you, subliminally, of constantly calling the crap they are shoveling at us as "news" and "opinion," the "mainstream."