The "Press" not your ally!
The news isn't presented objectively, or even disinterestedly. It's slanted--sometimes subtly, sometimes brazenly--to protect corpoRat interests and the status quo. In the "corporate State," "corporate" media ARE "State" media.The institutional discourse of the "press"
is resistant and hostile to change. The propaganda function is more apparent as adjustments are made to the rhetoric. Meanwhile, the "gate-keeper" function assures that the stories that get covered are the ones best suited to the internal discourses of the industry.
The decline and demise of the free and independent press can be traced to Watergate and the fall of Nixon.
Since the monopolization process (aka, "media consolidation") began in the late 70s, in response to the WaPo's bringing down Nixon, the "press" has ceased to be an advocate for the people (whence, deserving of its protection), and has been transformed into an active agent for the CorpoRat Status Quo, led ESPECIALLY, by the NYTimes.
After Watergate and the WaPo brought down Nixon, the PTB decided that nothing like that was never gonna be permitted to happen again, and so they killed off the "independent" press with monopolization, beginning already in the middle 70s...
The decline and demise of the free and independent press can be traced to Watergate and the fall of Nixon.
Since the monopolization process (aka, "media consolidation") began in the late 70s, in response to the WaPo's bringing down Nixon, the "press" has ceased to be an advocate for the people (whence, deserving of its protection), and has been transformed into an active agent for the CorpoRat Status Quo, led ESPECIALLY, by the NYTimes.
After Watergate and the WaPo brought down Nixon, the PTB decided that nothing like that was never gonna be permitted to happen again, and so they killed off the "independent" press with monopolization, beginning already in the middle 70s...
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