08-30-2004, 02:34 PM
Occhidiangela,Aug 30 2004, 11:57 AM Wrote:Fox News is not the same sort of media organ as the BBC, nor PBS.Your comparison makes it obvious that state ownership of media is no longer an overriding factor in determining its content. PBS, for example, clearly does not parrot the US government's line as Pravda once did for the USSR. (I'll let the BBC defend itself. ;) )
What we see currently is that corporate control of major media outlets can get the job done by covert means. Where Fox strongly resembles Pravda is in its blatant promotion of Bush Administration political propaganda (aka "talking points") packaged as if it were news (i.e. portraying heresay as objective events).