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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>
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==
==Attacks against progressive candidates==
Despite the fact that many "progressives" are merely social-democrats who do not challenge the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] system, 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>
Despite the fact that many "progressives" are merely social-democrats who do not challenge the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] system, they're still attacked by the corporate media for weakly threatening the control that corporations hold over society.<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 ==
== References ==
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Bourgeois media is means of communication that is owned, controlled, or otherwise serves the interests of the bourgeois class.[1] Bourgeois media can be either state-owned, such as UK's BBC or Qatar's Al Jazeera, or for-profit media, such as CNN. In common political discourse, the term "corporate media" is also used to specifically refer to means of communication controlled by for-profit corporations promoting their own interests.[2][3]

In the United States, 6 corporations control 90% of all of broadcast media, which is referred to as the corporate media.[4] Individual billionaires also bankroll their own propaganda outlets, ranging from liberal Democrats like Bill Gates[5] to right-wing oil billionaires behind the anti-communist PragerU.[6][7] Additionally, one of the richest individuals in the world, Jeff Bezos (the owner of Amazon), owns and controls the Washington Post in order to promote his own financial interests.[8]

Support for war

As US General Smedly Butler said, 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.[9][10][11]

Attacks against progressive candidates

Despite the fact that many "progressives" are merely social-democrats who do not challenge the capitalist system, they're still attacked by the corporate media for weakly threatening the control that corporations hold over society.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Lenin (1917). Draft Resolution On Freedom Of The Press. [MIA]
  2. ↑ Corporate Media: the Enemy of the People by Paul Street on CounterPunch on Aug 17, 2018
  3. ↑ After 20 Years of Failed War, Corporate Media Still Give Wars of Empire a Pass by Robin Andersen on CounterPunch
  4. ↑ Nickie Lousie (2020-09-18). "These 6 corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America. The illusion of choice and objectivity" techstartups.com.
  5. ↑ Alan Macleod (2021-11-15). "Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets" Mintpress News.
  6. ↑ Claire Goforth (2019-10-25). "PragerU is conservatism for the youths—brought to you by old billionaires"
  7. ↑ "Right-Wing Views for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time".
  8. ↑ Alan Macleod (2021-06-18). "With Bezos at the Helm, Democracy Dies at the Washington Post Editorial Board" MintPress News. Archived from the original.
  9. ↑ The (im)proper meshing of the corporate media and the military-industrial complex
  10. ↑ Push for War Highlights Need for Independent Media
  11. ↑ Corporate Media Are Erasing US’s Long-Term Culpability for Afghanistan War on TruthOut
  12. ↑ Corporate media attacks Progressive candidates after Democratic Debate
  13. ↑ Bias Against Progressive Candidates Evident in Corporate Media Coverage of Democratic Primary
  14. ↑ The People vs. the Democratic Establishment: The Coming Attack on Progressive Candidates
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