SOSC 1800 Lecture : 'The Liberal Media' Movie Notes
11 Jun 2013
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The idea of liberal media is a commonly held belief. Are the media too liberal: talk of media being biased in last election. Liberals argue: to do this you"d look at messages of the media and look for liberal bias. Number of flaws media owners, advertisers, journalists, etc. are held responsible in some factors for the news reported: influenced by conservative elites, heavily influenced by who owns media, kinds of sources used, advertisers, etc. Corporations huge constitutions of private power. When we speak of media owners we"re talking about wealthy people, interlocking directorships with many other corps. Often don"t intervene in a gross way companies can say things like remember you work for ____ . When you are the monopoly supplier, you are inclined to dictate . Policies and personnel change to reflect the owner"s conservative biases. Conrad black control 50% of newspapers in canada, about 100 american newspapers. Tci control share of cable market significant portion.
