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'''Corporate media''' is media which is controlled by for-profit corporations, which tend to promote the interests of the capitalist (imperialist) class.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/17/corporate-media-the-enemy-of-the-people/ Corporate Media: the Enemy of the People] by Paul Street on [[CounterPunch]] on Aug 17, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/22/after-20-years-of-failed-war-corporate-media-stills-give-wars-of-empire-a-pass/ After 20 Years of Failed War, Corporate Media Still Give Wars of Empire a Pass] by Robin Andersen on [[CounterPunch]] </ref> It is one component of the [[bourgeois media]], which also includes the state media of imperialist countries, such as the imperialist UK's [[BBC]], or puppet state gulf monarchies' [[Al Jazeera]]. | |||
In the United States in particular, 95% of broadcast media is owned by only 6 companies.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6?IR=T These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America] by Ashley Lutz for [[Business Insider]] on Jun 14, 2012</ref> | |||
== Support for war == | |||
As US General Smedly Butler said, [[Library:War is a racket|War is a Racket]]. The corporations that own the media are usually the beneficiaries of this racket, either directly through investments, or indirectly through the economic activity as a result of imperialist war.<ref>[https://miscellanynews.org/2021/05/13/opinions/the-improper-meshing-of-the-corporate-media-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ The (im)proper meshing of the corporate media and the military-industrial complex]</ref><ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/push-for-war-highlights-need-for-independent-media_b_58ee8b0ce4b04cae050dc423 Push for War Highlights Need for Independent Media]</ref><ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/corporate-media-are-erasing-uss-long-term-culpability-for-afghanistan-war/ Corporate Media Are Erasing US’s Long-Term Culpability for Afghanistan War] on [[TruthOut]]</ref> | |||
== Attacks against progressive candidates == | |||
Despite the fact that many "progressives" are merely social democrats who do not challenge the system of capitalism, they're still attacked by the corporate media for threatening the reign of corporations over society, no matter how mild their reforms.<ref>[https://politicsdoneright.com/2019/11/corporate-media-progressive-candidates/ Corporate media attacks Progressive candidates after Democratic Debate]</ref><ref>[https://btlonline.org/bias-against-progressive-candidates-evident-in-corporate-media-coverage-of-democratic-primary/ Bias Against Progressive Candidates Evident in Corporate Media Coverage of Democratic Primary]</ref><ref>[https://truthout.org/articles/the-people-vs-the-democratic-establishment-the-coming-attack-on-progressive-candidates/ The People vs. the Democratic Establishment: The Coming Attack on Progressive Candidates]</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Capitalist progaganda]] | |||
[[Category:Bourgeois media]] | |||