How the hell do we tip the media balance?

[CarolNYC]

I just finished reading David Brock's "Republican Noise Machine" and boy has it gotten me distressed and depressed.

This right wing control of the media is a major, major hurdle and, to be honest, I just don't see how we clear it.

The Republican right wing has three major advantages that I see and I just don't know how we get past them....

1) They have a LOT of money and are willing to spend it to further their ideological agenda

2) The have no scruples, no ethics, no morals, no qualms about lying or fabricating stories and even no qualms about admitting that they do this

3) They have like a 35 year head start on whatever we might try to do now...No foolin' they've been working this media thing since the early 70's. It didn't happen overnight....

How do we combat that? I don't know...

[stepnw1f]

1. Break Em Up

Get people in government to do it.

[sweetheart]

2. the roots of their power with die with the baby boomers

Then there will be nothing left to fight except a load of
programmed sheeple who need snap out of it.

[stillcool]

3. People need to tune out.....

Corporate news is like an abusive husband.......you can't make them change. They're perfectly content with taking care of their own interests. So if you can't change them...change yourself. The world is so fucked up as it is....your head will thank you for keeping it clean and tidy. BTW...I picked up a book recently..."Secrets" by Angus Mackenzie....and found out that in the Vietnam era there were loads of Underground Newspapers.