An Introduction to American political propaganda and the fall of our free press. [View all]

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/12/an-introduction-to-american-political.html

There are times when I am reluctant to link an article, an editorial that drops in a few facts among the fiction to take a backhanded slap at President Biden, as an example of what we can expect from the corporate-owned and controlled American media. But this piece, by Liz Peek (doesn't ring any bells for me) in The Hill, which isn't really a widely distributed publication, as far as print media goes (24,000 circulation), is what we've seen for four years, and what we can expect for the next four. The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group. And why is that important to note?

Nexstar is the largest corporate owner of television stations in the United States. That includes local network affiliates in larger markets, and independent stations, like WGN in Chicago, as well as stations in smaller markets, places like San Angelo, Texas. And that does indeed have an impact on the perspective with which The Hill, along with those other network affiliates, delivers the news.

And here's the perspective. Trump, Trump, Trump.

From just personal observation, it was pretty clear that the American media engaged in a four year campaign, during the Biden Administration, to report everything Trump was saying or doing in response. I haven't seen any specific studies that have analyzed the news reports from the past four years in each category of media, but I wouldn't argue with a conclusion that found Trump was mentioned on every media outlet that has news coverage on a daily basis, since leaving the White House, and that the amount of time he got in terms of coverage was at least twice the amount given to the Biden administration.

And yes, I'd be willing to bet on that conservative estimate.