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Originally Posted by roachboy
as for the question of right media or the conservative media apparatus in general--...the characterization of it as a single, tightly controlled field of positions. that such a media system exists, that it is tightly co-ordinated and very very well financed, that it is engaged with the conservative think tanks circuit and that it has acquired very considerable cultural power in the states is empirically evident. that a central characteristic of this media apparatus beyond tight co-ordination of political line is the systematic blurring of information and political argument is also obvious. that the right for years has defended what is innovative and dangerous about their repackaging of information as a reactive move is only interesting in that it is an aspect of the general conservative reliance on projection to legitimate their actions. this too is empirically evident
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For a fellow who does not capitalize his sentences, this is a very concise and precise characterization if exactly what I and many other Americans have noticed ever since the loss of the Fairness Doctrine and the Media Consolidation Act of 1996.
I agree wholeheartedly and believe that a return to civilized discourse in the public sphere would require a repeal of both Acts, no matter who passed them.
<apology in advance to roachboy if he thinks I'm picking on him about his capitalization. I realize it is his style and place no judgement on spelling, capitalization, or failure to properly place diacritical marks on anyone on this board.>