tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post4686923553634893321..comments2024-03-29T06:25:35.899-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Nothing is Too Low for the Mainstream PressGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-6843766800419284072017-05-08T21:09:23.311-07:002017-05-08T21:09:23.311-07:00It was the deregulation of rules about press owner...It was the deregulation of rules about press ownership that allowed the entire mainstream press to fall into the hands of a few rich sociopaths. Deregulation, Reagan's signature program, was the greatest fraud in the history of the United States. It not only destroyed the free press, it also caused two gigantic real estate collapses, and the warping of education and medical care from public services into nothing but mechanisms for plunder. It created all of the vast interrelated financial structure of hedge funds, brokerages and corrupt banks that has left our financial industry little more than a way to steal on behalf of the rich. And every single honest person who watched what was going on knew perfectly well where this was all heading. It was the largest campaign of criminality in the nation's history, and it is why Reagan will always reign at the very top of the mountain of government corruption that has overwhelmed our country.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-20146910244428640742017-05-08T20:07:21.028-07:002017-05-08T20:07:21.028-07:00Reagan ended the fairness doctrine, but that didn&...Reagan ended the fairness doctrine, but that didn't create these media cartels.<br /><br />The consolidation of all the media into just six giant media conglomerates could not have taken place except for the Telecommunications Modernization Act. <br /><br />Sadly, that was passed in the Clinton terms (albeit by the R majority Congress), but he did sign it instead of vetoing it. <br /><br />Perhaps it passed by veto-proof majorities (like DOMA did), but if so, only because so many Ds had taken Clinton's DLC style corporate-friendly positions, to gain campaign financing. <br /><br />Great point about George Will, though. I remember that very well. Soflahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329073847369441205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-38786974255378130242017-05-08T19:41:51.747-07:002017-05-08T19:41:51.747-07:00They don't push back not because they are too ...They don't push back not because they are too lazy to do so. They don't push back because they are paid not to by a press which, thanks to Ronald Reagan, is virtually totally owned by a few rich people and their corporations.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-297266405689460692017-05-08T13:06:49.805-07:002017-05-08T13:06:49.805-07:00I stopped watching American 'news' program...I stopped watching American 'news' programs after "NBC News Overnight" went off the air. I went over to Europe for a few years, and found the devolution of journalism in full swing upon my return. You see the same rotation of talking heads and guests - and none of the journalist are ones who've won (or were nominated for) investigative work. Many talking heads don't even bother to push back at blatant lies - instead soft peddling, or worse, supporting the falsehood foisted upon the audience. Truthiness is a staple, and bothsiderism runs rampant - usually with a side of false equivalency and a couple of straw men for support. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680604981092904582noreply@blogger.com