A loyal friend of IST, the Ripening Wanderer, recently posted on what he thought about the media in the age of Trump…….
Source: The Media Covers Donald Trump In A Special Way | THE RIPENING WANDERER
After reading his post I thought about another post that I had read a couple of days ago and thought that it might fit with his thoughts on the media and politics…..
How profit undermines public service in the news media….
Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his rise—including the growing power of social media, a latent racism and nativism within sections of the American public, and economic malaise resulting from Republican and Democratic administrations’ trade policies—the media deserve special scrutiny for their role in accelerating Trump’s candidacy, most obviously because they set agendas and frame political debates each election cycle.
News media’s constant coverage has boosted Trump’s visibility and helped popularize him, even in aggressive confrontations with the candidate. The benefit, however, is mutual.
As Trump attacks the press—mocking and feuding with journalists, threatening to change libel laws, holding campaign events where reporters are corralled and roughed up—he still serves the media well. That’s because the news organizations covering Trump, particularly television news, are reaping incredible amounts of money from their election coverage. Cable news organizations are expected to make a record-breaking $2.5 billion this election season.
The MSM is the leading actor in the dash to control the thought and the actions of the population….
I do not agree that the media is working to accelerate Trump’s campaign. On the contrary I think many of them are doing everything in their power to tamp it down or to stamp it out. The pro-Clinton bias is immediately and obviously evident in almost every media presentation I have viewed or listened to.
If they were not then he would be absent in the news…they are pro-Clinton but they are making sure that he gets airtime…like it or not….they have done more to help promote him than he has….look beyond bias and you will see how he has benefited…
I like the idea that the more they try to destroy him the better he does with the People. The People are not only sick and tired of corrupt government .. they are now becoming impatient with corrupted media as well.
I would hope so…but I still do not see them going the way of honesty and truth….too much money to be made as the primary tool for propaganda…
Being usually wholly-owned entities, the media must cater to the demands of their boards of directors and their stock holders. Thus the agenda is set not in the iconic field of journalistic excellence but in the manipulative environment of the board room.
And we can thank Reagan for this possibility…..allowing an entertainment corporation to own the news….
The news can still be entertaining sometimes. Not so much “Informative” but “Entertaining.”
That is why we get weekly updates on celebs…..it is not news….
Yeah … that’s correct! 🙂