Why is the relationship between the federal government and the mainstream media...?

Question

Not thought of as being as important to separate as, say, separation of church and state?

if the media ever teamed up with the government, (and they may already have), a propaganda machine would be produced that would keep americans so blind that they may just allow the government to do whatever they wanted, so long as they could still have an illusion of being free. Why don't people ever consider this a threat to our freedom, the way that separation of church and state is?


news sources already promise the government to not ask tough questions, so that they will allow them into the white house press core or set up interviews for them - this alone is a slippery slope, giving the government this kind of power.

Answer 1

Awwww no propaganda in America? giggles. How did you know mind control is one of my favourite studies? Would you like domestic or international?

Then I guess Santa is real then. Jeremy you know you cannot wave a red flag like that at me .. I need to answer this little commentary of yours. Back in a few. LOL.

A few quotes to getcha started:

The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it. - Joseph Mengele

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous: - Carl Sagan

The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people: - Frank Kent

*Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people: -Black Hugo L.

* Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true: Eric Hoffer

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human: Aldous Huxley

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men: François Marie Arouet (1694-1778)

By turning your backs on what, in your hearts is true, that you are brainwashed is only proof of how effective it is. However, someday, when you are awakened, you will find yourself complicit in the perpetration of the crimes against humanity being held in your name. Thus you contribute greatly to your own enslavement.

Don't say you were not warned, those of you who will not heed the signs under your very eyes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This is a serious issue that we should be paying more attention to if we want to maintain a free and democratic society.

We have already seen examples of “journalists” being paid by the Bush administration to disseminate information. We have also seen political propaganda ads disguised as news reports and aired by local stations without disclosing the sources. Those are blatant examples.

Less obvious is the fact that the media is owned by large corporations whose loyalties are primarily to their corporate advertisers from whom they make their billions of dollars in profits. Political issues that favor their corporate owners and advertisers are presented from their viewpoint rather than in the interests of consumers, employees and average taxpayers.

You are correct that mainstream media reporters value their access to the White House and therefore don’t ask the tough questions. I think if they had, we might not be in Iraq now.

Fortunately, the Internet is fairly open, at least for the time being. Most individual bloggers, for instance, don’t have the resources and the contacts to do serious investigative journalism but they try to gather information and relay it to the public. Their individual reliability can be judged, over time, by the readers.

Answer 4

As they say, "follow the money". You need look no further than who OWNS the media we watch. The T.V. moguls have their own political agenda and, depending on which venue they choose will decide what the public watches on T.V. You bet the Govt and media are in bed together!!!! This is nothing new, just getting more pronounced and obvious. They keep everyone entertained with the rhetoric they choose to avoid waking the "sleeping giant" (the public) as to what really is going on.
We are about to be taken over and turned into "The North American Union" which will consist of Canada, the United States and Mexico. If you doubt this, Google it. This has been in the works for years while the public sleeps.

Answer 5

You need to address this to the UK government and the BBC or the Canadian government and the CBC unless you're talking about PBS.

The BBC couldn't write an unbiased story about the United States if their country's existence depended on it. And they have admitted their anti-American bias.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411846&in_page_id=1770

The BBC couldn't even suppress their hatred for the US long enough for us to grieve two days after 9/11.
http://www.frontlineonline.info/thehindu/2001/09/17/stories/03170003.htm

And not surprisingly, the British people encourage the most anti-Americanism for us than anyone outside the Middle East. You're barking up the wrong tree accusing the US of controling the population with the media. You've taken the "Faux News" talking point and have gone to a ridiculous point with it.

I'd be leery of what the 'Chavez fan' below says, being that there are riots right now in Venezuela because of this very issue. lol

Answer 6

Uhh FOX and CNN (possibly more) are basically propaganda channels, you guys just haven't realised yet. I have because I'm not American, The world would be a better place without the media. The media prevents so many things from happening, like the Vietnam war could have been won if not for the media showing people whats going on. I'm not being evil or anything but the world would be happier without this much media, that Operation desert storm worked so well because they blocked out the media.

Answer 7

You are way off base. The main stream media looks for fault with the federal government, so they can get some headlines. The Bush administration has to tolerate the media, so they don't get bashed by the media. There are some things in government that need to be kept secret, for national security reasons. The main stream media frequently goes over the line. It is a disappointment to me that reporters don't get criminally charged when they break the law.

Answer 8

The mainstream media is run by the DNC. Without this relationship, our 2 party system would have collapsed long ago. (the DNC would be ancient history).

Answer 9

look to your refrigerator and TV commercials for the answer to that big companies run the news, ABC is owned by people who green light what is news and what is not .

Answer 10

That will never happen. There will always be more traditional media, and more far left nutjob socialist media, no matter who is in the white house.