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

[Stefano Vaj]

On 9 July 2011 10:04, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

A balance between two evils in real world is not even a second best.

The prob today, however, is mainly IMHO self-censorship. In the United
States the First Amendment is already a good starting point, in legal
terms.

If on the other hand entities controlling *mass* media not only serve
their own corporate interest, but are also in the business of
complying with intellectual terrorism requirements *and* of pleasing
the establishment which serves them in anything which be not in direct
contrast with said corporate interest, one cannot really expect
subversive opinions to be submitted to their public.

As Ezra Pound used to say "freedom of speech without freedom of radio
speech is nothing".

We can just be happy that the Net exists, but of course background
noise takes there the place of active censorship.

-- 
Stefano Vaj