Thursday, October 12, 2017

Corporate Media

I often rail about corporate news media.  From our local TV stations which are owned by large conglomerates to the media giants like Comcast.  They will only allow in-depth news coverage of issues that don't affect their bottom line.

This latest scandal with another Hollywood mogul, Weinstein, proves the point as NBC has been called on the carpet by independent journalists for continually killing the story of this pervert's sexual predations.  How could anyone trust NBC to deliver any worthy journalism from here on out?

It reaches down to our local broadcasters.  When was the last time you saw any real investigative work done on anything but the government?  Yes, they will parrot some worthy reporting in the ABQ Journal, such as the wonderful work on the rip off industry of elderly guardians, but can you remember one TV news operation really taking on the big guys?  I mean corporate monsters.  Like Comcast itself?

We can only dream.



1 comment:

Dr. Sax said...

On the other hand: an NBC News investigation uncovered information that Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for Donald Trump, had a $60 Million relationship with Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire with close ties to the Kremlin. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/manafort-had-60m-relationship-russian-oligarch-n810541