Murdoch: "On the Eve of a Golden Age for Media"

[DudeAsInCool]

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/...0122&ID=5435694

[method77]

big media is losing it's strength whether they like it or not

[Malicious Intent]

Talking of Murdoch, did you sign me up for MySpace Dude?

[DudeAsInCool]

Talking of Murdoch, did you sign me up for MySpace Dude?

Did you want to be my friend?

[Malicious Intent]

I'm serious, was it you?

I can't think who else would use that e-mail address and make the same mistake in the password.

EDIT: Or was it Slum?

[DudeAsInCool]

I'm serious, was it you?

I can't think who else would use that e-mail address and make the same mistake in the password.

EDIT: Or was it Slum?

I would never sign someone up for an account without their permission. I thought you were asking if I had an account there... I do - [email protected] But I find the site to be miserably slow

[Ken]

big media is losing it's strength whether they like it or not

In the U.S., I would disagree.

Regarding the News/Information part of "Big Media" in the United States...

"Big Media" controls most news seen by the average person on Television and in newspapers, in one way or another (and these avenues have the biggest audiences).

A lot of people I know don't care about what goes on "in the news". They live their lives locally; day to day (in their words, they “have more important things to worry about”, like making a measly wage so they can live modestly in the lower class). Their opinions about worldly (even national) affairs are heavily influenced by what they see and read in "Big Media" outlets whether it is Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, you name it. Their opinions are often times joking, and are not seriously considered.

And it's also funny how certain people I know, who are REGISTERED Democrats or third party members, will watch Fox News and think everything stated is fact (or intelligent analysis or opinion). They don't even know what spin or rhetoric are (really, they don't even know what the word "rhetoric" means; I actually had to explain to “someone” what that word meant).

The aforementioned example is just meant to point out that a lot of people are simply apathetic to the larger world around them, or they just don't know enough about the media and news in general (they also need to buy a dictionary).

This is what "Big Media" think-tanks count on. It has yet to fail for them, and has been going since the inception of the U.S. Think of all the times the media has influenced public opinion using shoddy and misleading information (even a lie or two at times). Most of them have been war related, but you can see smaller examples every day in U.S. media, especially when it comes to “how the economy is doing” (high praise always coupled with misleading info about (lower pay) job gains, which are actually a net loss of jobs when all is said and done, while not taking into account under-employment), and never a mention about things like homelessness. And when elections come around, there is very little coverage of third party candidates who are becoming non-existent in the heavily commercialized presidential “debates” (sponsored of course by large companies like Coors, which have political leanings). In 2004, the presidential debates for third party candidates were televised on C-Span on a Saturday afternoon. There were about 6 candidates, but I doubt anyone knew there names, much less what their policies were. I think one of them belonged to a socialist party, and he didn’t get much time to speak as compared to the others. There isn’t even a Communist party in the United States (I don’t like 95% of Communist principles, but Communist and Socialist parties that are somewhat successful help keep balance in the political spectrum; just look outside of the U.S. for examples).

However there is hope, and that hope is found in the inevitable suffering of the “getting poorer by the minute” masses (also known as the majority). No news outlet can cover up reality when it is felt first hand. Every lost job, every body bag that comes home, every time a person asks “Why isn’t there national health care?” or “Why isn’t there a true progressive tax system not capped at $90,000, to fund national health care and much more?”, it brings things closer to a melt down. I like melt downs, they build character.

Younger people especially (from what I’ve seen) are a little more skeptical; a little more critical. Some of the older people can be sold anything despite suffering. It takes more for them. They’re hardy dinosaurs who are used to suffering, even if they don’t know that they’re being exploited exponentially more so than they ever were in the past when they were young. You could sell some of them ice in a hail storm.

I’m cynical, so I say things will boil over in about 30 years or so. The younger generations will be the saving grace, as very few of them are truly indoctrinated into the kind of crap that “Big Media” is now. They may work for “Big Media”, but their personal opinions are most likely progressive in nature, as seems the trend of people growing up now.

[DudeAsInCool]

I like melt downs, they build character.

:good job:

[Kooperman]

Ken, you old conservative, if the voting machine fix continues you'll see revolution in the streets a lot sooner than your 30 year prediction...

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

nice argument there Ken... I agree with about 99% of it.