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Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 03:31 PM by MatrixEscape
Try to disabuse yourself of the notion that they are anything but owned!
I don't mean that in a conspiratorial way at all. Think in terms of memos and rules from the top. Think in terms of what serves corporate interests best. Think of the Mass Media in terms of NOT reporting what they should and filtering the rest.
Noam Chomsky, (and to a lesser extent) Marshall Mcluhan, Harold Innis, among others, have delved into media and its impact and dynamics.
To me, committing the heretical act of seeing and saying that the Mass Media is nothing more than a sophisticated control tool is the new Enlightenment. The media will not tell you that and they would certainly label the idea conspiratorial and absurd.
Like it or not, that means that entertainment is more about distraction than R&R in that equation. Largly, people are distracted from the things that are very essential and important to them.
The media is such an effective tool when it comes to agitprop that it successfully nullifies the Democratic process. It does it so well, and so systematically, and is hidden in such plain site that this is not obvious except to the most careful observer.
Yet, we see some major cracks in that facade right now, ey? If anyone wants a real Democracy, then a media revolution and potential democratizing of its function is in order.
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