Actually how corrupt is all of the media?

Answer 1

They are not necessarily corrupt but they are profit motivated. Really they always have been to a certain extent but there is a difference now. The news portion of the media used to work hard for truthful information because much of their money was made by circulation or selling newspapers. Investigative journalism was very appreciated by the public and good papers sold more copies.
Now we have television news networks. Advertising makes the money. Ratings are still very important but advertisers pay the most money. The corporations that buy advertising on a news network have a say in what news is reported.
The media is not corrupt but their motivation is profit not truth or education. You can accept the news media as a source of information but don't assume everything they say is complete truth. They have an agenda to make a profit not to tell the truth.

Answer 2

Do a research project and look into it. What you find will tell you how corrupt it is; a few corporate conglemarates own the media and its all tied to advertising. Coverage is narrow because it ommits different sides and perspectives you can only find online or in another country's newspaper. Or, news won't even be reported if it's too unorthodox and doesn't fit the standards of the capitalists who own the news companies.

Answer 3

Most of it. The left media (which is everything besides Fox News) is just high into the right with whatever they can get on G.W.B. and the rest of the right. Watch Fox News, that's the only thing that is right.

P.S. Bearkat, I don't care! This is exactly what he is talking about. You are part of the media and you are on the left like most of the media. You would do anything to defend the left.

Answer 4

Only as corrupt as the meddling of big business in the middle of it.

Absolutely...as a member of the media, I realize that we all should parrot the happy talk of the Bush Administration and say that everything is going great, even when gas prices are skyrocketing, oil millionaires are ripping off America blind, and we were led into a war on false pretenses.

Actually, the one time that the media did not truly stand up to a conservative president was the months leading up to the Iraq invasion. The president had the power and popularity to take a swing at any media outlet that was negative toward him. Everyone had to be "patriotic."

Here's the prime example...

"ANNOUNCER (March 6, 2003): Ladies and Gentlemen: the President of the United States

PRESIDENT BUSH: Good evening, I'm pleased to take your questions tonight.


BILL MOYERS: TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WILL ORDER AMERICA TO WAR, PRESIDENT BUSH CALLS A PRESS CONFERENCE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR DISARMING SADDAM HUSSEIN.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Iraq is a part of the war on terror. It's a country that trains terrorists; it's a country that could arm terrorists. Saddam Hussein and his weapons are a direct threat to this country.


BILL MOYERS: FOR MONTHS NOW, HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO LINK IRAQ TO 9/11.


PRESIDENT BUSH: September the 11th should say to the American people that we're now a battle field.

BILL MOYERS: AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES DURING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE HE WILL INVOKE 9/11 AND AL QAEDA TO JUSTIFY A PREEMPTIVE ATTACK ON A COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT ATTACKED AMERICA.

REPORTER: Mr. President, if you decide...

BILL MOYERS: BUT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS WILL ASK NO HARD QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT THOSE CLAIMS. LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS:

PRESIDENT BUSH: This is a scripted...(laughter) REPORTER: Thank you Mr. President--

BILL MOYERS: SCRIPTED. SURE ENOUGH, THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF HAS GIVEN HIM A LIST OF REPORTERS TO CALL ON.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Let's see here... Elizabeth... Gregory... April...Did you have a question or did I call upon you cold?


APRIL: No, I have a question. (laughter)

PRESIDENT BUSH: Okay. I'm sure you do have a question.


ERIC BOEHLERT: He sort of giggled and laughed. And, the reporters sort of laughed. And, I don't know if it was out of embarrassment for him or embarrassment for them because they still continued to play along after his question was done. They all shot up their hands and pretended they had a chance of being called on.

APRIL: How is your faith guiding you?

PRESIDENT BUSH: My faith sustains me because I pray daily. I pray for guidance.

ERIC BOEHLERT: I think it just crystallized what was wrong with the press coverage during the run up to the war. I think they felt like the war was gonna happen and the best thing for them to do was to get out of the way.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you for your questions. "

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Anyone that claims the media was always against Bush should watch the special by Bill Moyers, entitled "Buying the War" on PBS. It's enlightening.

Edit--His question was how corrupt is the media. The media did not "defend the left" during the run-up to the Iraq war. It basically bowed to the wishes of the president and did not hold the president accountable because of threats of a loss of access. And that was because the White House put pressure on the advertisers supporting those networks to pull their advertising if the networks got out of line.

If the major media had held the president accountable during the run up to the Iraq war, maybe more pertinent questions may have been asked, and the run up to the war might have been slowed, possibly even stopped.

What is the left? What is a liberal? What defines that? I'm interested to know what it is exactly that you know I would defend.

The right thinks that Bill Clinton had to be held accountable if he sneezed wrong in the White House, but yet a Conservative President wants to go to war, and he shouldn't be held accountable? Does anyone else think that hard questions should be asked before going to war? The issue is not who supported the president and who didn't during that time. The issue is why didn't the major media ask the hard questions that could have held the president accountable and kept us out of this mess?

Answer 5

If you compare our current period with that of the WWII era, the media would be considered traitors. Just look at how they act. They do everything they can to hurt our country. There are a few in the media who do have high morals. These are the exceptions, though.

Answer 6

The problem is that the media is in the business for profit, not to supply information.

Liberals, who control most of the media, claim that they are unbiased when, in fact, they pursue their own agenda.

That is not corruption, that is business.

The corruption is to claim that they are mainstream.

Answer 7

Considering how all of our news coverage is handled by 6 corporations makes me worried.

Answer 8

It is extremely biased, and is more or less influenced by people in power. So yes, I would say it is corrupt.
I can't stand to watch it anymore these days. Makes me sick.

Answer 9

I would say about 80%

Answer 10

They tell people what they want them to hear. Thank God for the internet.