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Media's ignoring the masses
You have to love the hypocrisy. News "opinionists" collectively scratch their heads for an explanation of tanked media stocks... must be the economy !! Right, that makes sense because the first thing that goes in a down economy is people's curiosity about what is going on in the world. I guess they plan on going down with the ship.
Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if D.C. proposes a bailout for mainstream media? Might just bring this pot to a boil. Would they dare?
-- posted by wanda at 5:35pm, November 1, 2008
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MASS MEDIA IGNORE THE MASSES
The MBAs and corporate bean counters who run America's newspapers these days blame the internet, fickle advertisers, America's education system, unions, and even you and me--aka, the "stupid public"--for the ongoing decline in readership. There is, however, one group they steadfastly refuse to blame: themselves.
Thumb through the typical newspaper and chances are you won't find yourself in it. Not you personally, but working stiffs, regular folks, the hoi polloi. News corporations are in the business of mass media, yet they virtually ignore the masses, which just might be the big reason the masses increasingly ignore newspapers.
Last year, the Washington Post ran a front-page story asking why the public is "gloomier than the economy." Not a single worker was interviewed! No mention of declining wages, lack of health-care coverage, busted pension plans, or other real reasons that real people might feel a bit gloomy.
Also last year, the New York Times printed a story about the strength of the job market. Corporate representatives were interviewed--but not a single worker. Likewise, the Wall Street Journal did a piece decrying the fact that the promotion of free-trade deals keeps meeting "stiff resistance from organized labor." No workers or labor reps were asked for their views.
The real bias of the media is not to the left or right, but in favor of the thin strata of economic elites at the top of our society. So it's no wonder that the workaday majority is seeking other sources of news.