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12. I agree. MSM is a for-profit business first and foremost.

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:52 PM

Nov 2020

It is up to us to get the truth as best we can by reading, watching or listening to many different sources.

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Does the US media serve the public or is it a HR dept. for the ruling class? [View all] tenderfoot Nov 2020 OP

So what are they saying. Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2020 #1

Uh what? tenderfoot Nov 2020 #3

What's the first and most crucial thing Fox taught its viewers? Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2020 #5

you are falsely equating actual critical thinking to RW gaslighting Celerity Nov 2020 #7

they don't even do a reasonable FoxNewsSucks Nov 2020 #2

I don't think either jcgoldie Nov 2020 #4

The function of the media is to sell eyeballs to advertisers Klaralven Nov 2020 #13

Institutions in this culture serve the status quo, that's all. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #6

It's a flawed poll. Your brush is far too broad and the paint is too thick. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #9

Both... stillcool Nov 2020 #10

The US media exist to make money. Mariana Nov 2020 #11

I agree. MSM is a for-profit business first and foremost. Kaleva Nov 2020 #12

You know it's all for the corporate trash Nimble_Idea Nov 2020 #14

Completely fail to tap into empathy for intolerable conditions. pat_k Nov 2020 #15

they will do whatever keeps viewers eyes on their tv. IcyPeas Nov 2020 #16