[ExI] the myth of the US "liberal media"

[BillK]

2011/7/9 Max More wrote:
> What Samantha said is not garbage at all. For those willing to look, the
> evidence is all around. It's especially abundant in the areas of climate
> change and nutrition.
>
> But, go ahead, nationalize (monopolize) all the media and then see how much
> freedom of speech remains. Because that's always worked so well in the past.
>
>


The discussion is opposing two extreme views.
East German state-controlled media where the people only see the
government approved news and opinions,
versus
Corporate state controlled media where the people see news and opinion
that will produce benefits for the corporations that run the state.

The best the real world can achieve is a balance between the two, like the BBC.

It is equally bad to assume (like Samantha) that all evil - and only
evil- comes from the government as to assume that all good - and no
evil- comes from businesses.


BillK