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Originally Posted by SteveZ
I agree. The news media is not there to provide a public service. The news media is commercial with the appropriate profit motive. They package their product for selling to specific audience demographics, as their advertising revenue is dependent on which audience(s) are being targeted. That comment has been made several times on this board regarding the Daily Sun, and it is a correct one. You cant blame the various media outlets for how they package and sell their product in ways they find makes the most money for their stockholders.
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I agree that the news media is not there to provide a public service but please notice that a lot are going out of business. In my opinion, because they are not paying attention to business. During the campaign, theu were bias. They presented editorials as news. The lied. They spread rumors. They targeted candidates with fabricated stories.
You know that I am not talking about the Village Sun or commercial news papers who are out to make a profit for their stock holders. You know all too well who I am talking about. Check the list of news papers who are in financial trouble. The NY Times, the Boston Globe and others.
Can you honestly say that you believe that the "Liberal Media" did not play favorites in its news coverage? Did not slant the news coverage? Did not have an agenda? If you can, I guess my words were wasted.
Respectfully
Yoda
A member of the loyal opposition