Wasserpistole · 4 answers · 5y

Is the mainstream media here, as the fourth power in the state. To inform the people according to the truth OR are they in the hand of huge industries and representing their interests?

The media corporations are in bed with government and other corporations. The media represents the establishment and misinforms people to maintain the status quo.

Ours here tends to focus on promoting law and order. Our rebelliousness is kept in check 😂. We have some independent media groups tho who challenge the status quo often with our trademark subtle sarcasm.

Honestly, the news media is a dinosaur. Look it up, most stories break... on social media. This is the information age, what real purpose does the media serve in an era of global interconnectedness and unprecedented data access? To cater to A: people who cannot or won't do their own research or B: people who WANT their information collated along ideological lines. There's a reason the average CNN or Fox News viewer is 60+.

Yeah that second one. I wonder what they are going to spend hours on now that Russia Russia Russia is going nowhere? Oh that's right, now settle in for hours of lies about Venezuela or Syria or wherever else the government drops (or want to drop) bombs on to install a puppet leader

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