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Originally posted by Colin@Feb 18 2003, 07:11 AM
Do you think "The Economist" is controlled by the white house when a Republican is president but suddenly switches to a non-state newspaper when a Democrat is elected? Do you think a NY Times writer that has voted Republican for 28 straight years is going to write pro-white house pieces when Bill Clinton is in the office?
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I didn't say anything was "state run"... nice to see you using the "black/white" debating tactic of taking the othersides opinion and taking it to the extreme to try to make it silly. I have stated before, and will state again, in case your not reading it all: the US government doesn't RUN the media - but they spoon feed it, poke it, prod it, and make it do the tricks they need it to do. They don't write the stories... but they provide the material, the leads, the tips... breadcrumbs.
The rest of this is such ignorant bullshit that it surprised me it comes from you, Colin. Party politics governs access.
Let's go to the extreme, shall we? When Bush is in office, do you think that Rush Limbaugh often complains about government policy? Nope... cheerleader to the max... rah rah... he gets access, he gets interviews, he gets guests, he gets the inside scoop from the whitehouse, and is certainly one of the recipients of "unnamed whitehouse sources" when it comes to things that make the opposition look bad. With republicans in power, and a conservative feel to the US at the moment, well, he is big man on campus - and an important part of the process of putting pro-bush views out there for people to hear, and understand.
When the tide changes (and it always does), Rush sinks back to being a strident voice of dissent that isn't anywhere near as powerful....
BECAUSE mainstream media isn't on his side at that point. He won't have the inside scoops, he won't have the powerful guests, and he won't be on the side of the majority of voters, and his message won't match that of the spun media, and as a result, his message (right or wrong) won't be as heard or as agreed to - he will be a victim of spun media.
Can I repeat myself one more time? Your government doesn't CONTROL the media in a communist manner, but it spoon feeds it in such as way that the end result is mostly what they want.
BTW, calling someone a communist or an Elitist is just way of say "I don't have a good reply, so I will sink down to name calling and belittling..." - and it really takes away from the experience of trading points of view.
My last on this thread... enough, nothing more to learn here. :-(
Alex