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The Mediaocalypse: Not Government Propaganda
December 7, 2008 by Kyle BradyTags: America, Government, MSM, Propaganda
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In yet another sign of the mediaocalypse, the networks are no longer "vetting" their informants and "experts", let alone the stories themselves. While this is definitely an issue, in terms of informational validity, I would be careful of assuming they are spewing government-based propaganda instead of "real" news.
To most people in America, reporting the news falsely would be a huge deal... if they knew about it. However, it's the sad truth that many Americans don't realize when the "news" they're reading/watching/hearing is based off of false information, or that opinions are being reported as facts. And this would be an even larger issue, were we actually living in a country such as China or Russia.
But this is America. While the news networks may be stupid enough to run unchecked stories, they certainly know better than to report propaganda. Additionally, the U.S. Government is not a large producer of news-based propaganda, with the only potential exceptions being conflict-/war-related. Even George W. Bush didn't censor the news, for the most part, despite it's penchant for berating and contradicting the President himself.
If this isn't evidence for non-propaganda, I don't know what is. So while it amounts to career suicide for these networks to act as they currently are, I believe they are far from reporting government propaganda.
Now, if only China had such "problems." Maybe their general population would recognize that their medals won in Women's Gymnastics this past summer are largely suspect...
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