Comments on: Reprioritizing Corporate Media http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/21/reprioritizing-corporate-media/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: October 2008 « Questionable Content http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/21/reprioritizing-corporate-media/comment-page-1/#comment-43310 October 2008 « Questionable Content Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:12:52 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=1291#comment-43310 [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/21/reprioritizing-corporate-media/ [...] [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/21/reprioritizing-corporate-media/ [...]

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/21/reprioritizing-corporate-media/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Doug Latimer Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:08:51 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=1291#comment-120 Now, as godawful as corpress infotainment is, it doesn't have a damn thing to do with not covering (or outright lying) about what's important, does it? That happens because it's in the ruling class' (Oh dear ... Marxist term. I'll never be published in the Nation now.) interest to do so. The Fourth Estate likes them estates, and all the other goodies that go with being part of the elite. The mindnumbingness serves to cut down on the number of folks who might question their control ... that's where its value lies. It doesn't crowd out real news ... it just fills the hole already dug for it. And when was the corpress ever "proud"? Just because a turd smells better freshly exited than after a few days floating in the toilet, that doesn't mean you'd want to have anything to do with it at either juncture, does it? Sorry for the visuals conjured up by that analogy or metaphor or whatever the hell you call it ... but the fact that the corporate media may have been somewhat less criminally-inclined in the past than today doesn't mean that it was ever fulfilling its democratic function ... and I don't care how many times Watergate and My Lai are brought up. What about all the other Watergates and My Lais that didn't make the headlines? End of rant. Now, as godawful as corpress infotainment is, it doesn't have a damn thing to do with not covering (or outright lying) about what's important, does it?

That happens because it's in the ruling class' (Oh dear … Marxist term. I'll never be published in the Nation now.) interest to do so. The Fourth Estate likes them estates, and all the other goodies that go with being part of the elite.

The mindnumbingness serves to cut down on the number of folks who might question their control … that's where its value lies. It doesn't crowd out real news … it just fills the hole already dug for it.

And when was the corpress ever "proud"? Just because a turd smells better freshly exited than after a few days floating in the toilet, that doesn't mean you'd want to have anything to do with it at either juncture, does it?

Sorry for the visuals conjured up by that analogy or metaphor or whatever the hell you call it … but the fact that the corporate media may have been somewhat less criminally-inclined in the past than today doesn't mean that it was ever fulfilling its democratic function … and I don't care how many times Watergate and My Lai are brought up.

What about all the other Watergates and My Lais that didn't make the headlines?

End of rant.

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