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[–]SundogsPlace 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

The media is definitely controlled, but to what extent? I'm not a wackjob, but I do listen to just about anything, usually to gain a new perspective. So, several years back, there was that DallasGoldBug guy, who claimed all the media events were stage plays with the same folks dressed up as different folks, and acting.

Since then, there's obviously been a lot of stuff that doesn't add up. An easy example of things not adding up, are the youtubes that show hundreds of news presenters from across the country parrot the same news story word for word.

Long story short, I have to wonder what's news, and what's a stage play; after all, the world's a stage!

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That more or less true.

However the AP and Reuters are the global wire feed networks that filter the news from around the world to almost every news agency.

This is more serious than ever, as news papers and tv programming is cutting back on journalists and investigative reports on staff. Even more news is now filtered under the control red shield. That's why they can have so much per with so little public awareness.

The devil that you don't know even exists.

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

AP and Reuters

And it's like 90% Reuters. AP is only about 10%, and it's mostly images and other media. So almost all news in the US is sourced from Reuters, headquartered in London.

6 media companies own 95% of US media in all forms, and almost all 6 use Reuters as the basis of their news media platforms.

That's why I like Reuters, because it's like getting it "straight from the horse's mouth". It's the mothership of all the rest of the news, partially because it's so neutral. Even though it's certainly biased at times, usually regarding Israel's actions. It still does a pretty good job of painting the full picture if you're able to read between the lines. I think the worst thing Reuters does is lying by omission.

[–]SundogsPlace 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

On the note of cutting back on reporters, I'm noticing more, and more 'news' that seemingly is written by bots, or non English speakers. Poor grammar, incomplete sentences, misspelling, et el.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Could be bots. Do you have any links to these articles?

[–]SundogsPlace 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Negative, not off the top of my head; just done a lot of reading, and observation. If nothing else, then the art of editing, or being an editor is gone lol.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I agree with that. I think it's because of all the foreign news agencies writing news that floats around the internet, and then 10% because people don't proofread much anymore