ascendingstarseed
22nd November 2010, 07:36
Who owns the media? I posted this info on the "Rockefeller" media thread, but feel this information is important enough that it deserves it's own thread because there seems to be much confusion out there on who controls the media.
Maybe this information will clear things up for those of you who think the media is controlled by the government. Actually, it's quite the opposite, corporations are in control of our government, a fact that can't be disputed. After all America's been barreling down the road 8/80 towards fascism since Senior Bush took hold of the country while he was Reagan's handler in the 1980's. At that time neo conservatives and right wing, religious fundamentalists who controlled these large corporations began buying out media outlets nationwide, now virtually the entire media under the control of 6 media giants that control almost every mass media outlet in the country, as well as around the world. These CEO's donate very large amounts of money to political campaigns, buying them leverage with politicians.
My background and education both are in radio broadcasting, so I can speak with some authority on this issue since I personally witnessed the "corporate take over" of the media - not a "government take over". I earned my degree in Radio Broadcasting in 1984, when I graduated there were 1000 independently owned radio stations. Now there are none, every single radio and TV station across the country has been gobbled up by corporations like Clear Channel Communications - which was the reason I left the radio industry. The corporatization of the industry took the both the humanity and the fun out of working in radio, I no longer enjoyed going to work when radio went corporate.The industry lost a lot of good people.
But don't believe me...here's a few links so you can do your homework on this extremely important issue that concerns everyone. Please educate yourself on this and then take your fav stations and follow the money to the top. That's who's controlling content, along with advertisers and shareholders. Politicians are only the puppets dancing from the corporate strings...
MediaOwners.com Media Owners - See who owns the American media, who controls print and electronic media in the United States. Media Owners is your guide to the leading U.S. media companies... what they own, and who owns them. Media Owners provides essential information about the largest American media companies -- background, contacts, subsidiaries and media properties, including newspapers, magazines, TV stations, news radio stations and radio and TV networks...
http://www.mediaowners.com/
Ownership Chart: The Big Six
Tell the FCC: Stop Big Media
The U.S. media landscape is dominated by massive corporations that, through a history of mergers and acquisitions, have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these giant companies are vertically integrated, controlling everything from initial production to final distribution. Here is information about the largest U.S. media firms.
http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart/main
Take Back the Media - here are more links on the subject
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/owners.html
Learn more about the Comcast merger that will further concentrate media ownership
http://www.stopbigmedia.com/
This tells you how the media companies rank in their prospective industry's
http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2010/media-ownership/dashboard.php
Alternate media on the internet is the only viable alternative, but you still have to be VERY careful who's doing the reporting, do they have political or profit motives, are they editorializing the news by injecting their opinion or are they simply stating the facts so you can draw your own conclusions, can they substantiate the facts or are they operating on heresay or rumor? It never ceases to amaze with the amount of outright lying that's taking place on stations like Fox. If it serves their agenda hey actually make things up, all the time!
Globalresearch.ca is one of the best sources I've found on the internet for high quality investigative reporting, they don't pander to advertisers and have a highly credible network of independent journalists from around the world that submit stories. Dahr Jamail is another highly credible source for information, Matt Tiabe from the Rolling Stone has done excellent investigative reporting on the financial crisis and as someone else mentioned you can find good info on a few forums...again watch your sources and don't believe everything you hear.
Maybe this information will clear things up for those of you who think the media is controlled by the government. Actually, it's quite the opposite, corporations are in control of our government, a fact that can't be disputed. After all America's been barreling down the road 8/80 towards fascism since Senior Bush took hold of the country while he was Reagan's handler in the 1980's. At that time neo conservatives and right wing, religious fundamentalists who controlled these large corporations began buying out media outlets nationwide, now virtually the entire media under the control of 6 media giants that control almost every mass media outlet in the country, as well as around the world. These CEO's donate very large amounts of money to political campaigns, buying them leverage with politicians.
My background and education both are in radio broadcasting, so I can speak with some authority on this issue since I personally witnessed the "corporate take over" of the media - not a "government take over". I earned my degree in Radio Broadcasting in 1984, when I graduated there were 1000 independently owned radio stations. Now there are none, every single radio and TV station across the country has been gobbled up by corporations like Clear Channel Communications - which was the reason I left the radio industry. The corporatization of the industry took the both the humanity and the fun out of working in radio, I no longer enjoyed going to work when radio went corporate.The industry lost a lot of good people.
But don't believe me...here's a few links so you can do your homework on this extremely important issue that concerns everyone. Please educate yourself on this and then take your fav stations and follow the money to the top. That's who's controlling content, along with advertisers and shareholders. Politicians are only the puppets dancing from the corporate strings...
MediaOwners.com Media Owners - See who owns the American media, who controls print and electronic media in the United States. Media Owners is your guide to the leading U.S. media companies... what they own, and who owns them. Media Owners provides essential information about the largest American media companies -- background, contacts, subsidiaries and media properties, including newspapers, magazines, TV stations, news radio stations and radio and TV networks...
http://www.mediaowners.com/
Ownership Chart: The Big Six
Tell the FCC: Stop Big Media
The U.S. media landscape is dominated by massive corporations that, through a history of mergers and acquisitions, have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these giant companies are vertically integrated, controlling everything from initial production to final distribution. Here is information about the largest U.S. media firms.
http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart/main
Take Back the Media - here are more links on the subject
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/owners.html
Learn more about the Comcast merger that will further concentrate media ownership
http://www.stopbigmedia.com/
This tells you how the media companies rank in their prospective industry's
http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2010/media-ownership/dashboard.php
Alternate media on the internet is the only viable alternative, but you still have to be VERY careful who's doing the reporting, do they have political or profit motives, are they editorializing the news by injecting their opinion or are they simply stating the facts so you can draw your own conclusions, can they substantiate the facts or are they operating on heresay or rumor? It never ceases to amaze with the amount of outright lying that's taking place on stations like Fox. If it serves their agenda hey actually make things up, all the time!
Globalresearch.ca is one of the best sources I've found on the internet for high quality investigative reporting, they don't pander to advertisers and have a highly credible network of independent journalists from around the world that submit stories. Dahr Jamail is another highly credible source for information, Matt Tiabe from the Rolling Stone has done excellent investigative reporting on the financial crisis and as someone else mentioned you can find good info on a few forums...again watch your sources and don't believe everything you hear.