1.) Most media outlets are huge corporations (newspapers, television, radio, advertising, magazines) and THEY decide what we see and what we don't see.
2.) The age of unbiased news is long gone.
3.) Just because something is printed in the newspaper, doesn't make it true.
4.) Sporting events like football and baseball are generally classified as entertainment.
5.) If the owner of a sports team (often times a large corporation) wants to have a "good" year with ticket sales, television contracts for advertising, etc. all they have to do is "purchase" the best players in the league, in a way, purchase a winning team.
6.) A loosing team NEVER generates above average profits.
7.) A winning team ALWAYS generates higher than average profits.
8.) Right now, somewhere there is a meeting where people are deciding what tomorrow's news will be.
9.)News Corp. owns FOX Broadcasting Company, 34 television stations (8 cover the USA's most populous cities) 29 alternative broadcast channels, mostly under the name of "FOX Sports."
In Film:
20th Century FOX Stuidos, FOX Searchlight Pictures, FOX Television Studios
In Print:
One newspaper in the USA, 5 newspapers in the United Kingdom, 20 newspapers in Australia, all of HarperCollins Publishing companies (23 in all) HarperCollins Children's Book Group (6 in all)
In Sports:
Los Angeles Dodgers, National Rugby League, (partial owners) of New York Rangers and New York Knicks, Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
In Music and Media:
News America New Media, Broadsystem, Festival Records, Mushroom Records, NDS, News Interactive, News Outdoor, Nursery World, Staples Center
Viacom owns: CBS -- and 16 television stations (6 of which in top 10 marketshare) UPN 18 television stations, 5 additional television stations
On Cable:
MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Nick at Night, TV Land, VH1, Spike TV, Comedy Central, CMT, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix, Sundance Channel Owns King World Productions
On Radio:
Infinity Broadcasting, with 176 radio stations and Westwood One
On Film:
Paramount Pictures In Print: Simon & Schuster (8 publishing companies)
In Retail:
Owns Blockbuster video, Paramount Parks, Famous Players Theater, United Cinemas International, Famous Music
Gannett owns USA Today, USA Weekend, USA Today Sports Weekly, and the USA Today Information Network. Gannett owns 100 daily newspapers in the USA; the Army Times, Navy Times, Navy Times Marine Corps, Air Force Times, Federal Times, Defense Times, and Military Market.
Gannett also owns:
16 newspapers in the United Kingdom
16 television stations in the USA
Partial interests in the Cincinnati Reds, Classified Ventures Com LLC, (with competitors Knight Ridder, the New York Times Company, Times Mirror, Washington Post Co., and Tribune Co.) Quarter share in BrassRing Inc. (Human Resources services and software) Gannett partners with General Electric (GE) on Space.com and with Kight Ridder and Tribune Media on CareerBuilder.com
And that is just a small sample of the way we are spoon fed our news and entertainment.
10.) If you took the time to read this post, you learned something new and will now understand why some things are the way they are.
Good night, and good luck.
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2 comments:
It's funny when you have first hand knowledge of a news story and then either read about it or watch it on TV and see how incorrect their reporting is.
Yes, I couldn't agree with you more.
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