On 6/2/2011 1:01 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> Isn't the whole point of news producers to basically produce whatever
>>> people want to read, because it's more profitable that way?
>>
>> Well, some believe that. Others believe that the purpose is to inform
>> the public.
>
> This seems to be the fundamental divide, yes. If you think about it,
> these two beliefs are fundamentally opposed. Either the media serves the
> public, or it serves itself. Which is it?
Third option? It serves the corporate world, i.e., the money, so which 
ever side those people are on, determines what gets on the air. Mind, 
given that the modern corporate world tends to be made up of Ayn Rand 
fans, mixed with the plain greedy, and less than 2% of the "big" ones 
probably comprehend, or care, how screwed up they are making the 
economy, this is nearly indistinguishable from, "It serves itself." Its 
own self interest will, naturally, be to kiss the ass of the people with 
the power, regardless of what the end game is.

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