Points made by documentary "Orwell Rolls in his Grave"

JuliusBlog: "As the American media have been concentrated into fewer and fewer hands (5 people own all of the American media now), the conflict of interests of reporters and editors has increased geometrically. This can be seen in the topics the media cover: real news and insight have been replaced by trivia. Real politics have been replaced with propaganda and stenography for conservative politicians.

Reporters can no longer report on business scandals (they are about their owners), on corporate abuses (since they are about their owners), or political scandals on the right-wing (they are about their owners), so they are allowed to only cover TRIVIA, celebrity scandals, meaningless sex-laden trials, and gossip. This 'dumbing down' of the news is only bound to get worse. The coverage of the Democratic Convention is a great example of this trend: they covered image, trivia, timing, and even what the speakers were wearing... nothing about the substance. The substance of the Democratic speeches conflicts with the interests of their owners, therefore it's not covered. It's very simple. Wolfie, Judy, Rather, Tweety, Brokaw, they all like their jobs and would like to keep them. They sure made a good example of Donahue and what happens when you stray from the interests of your network (even when you make great ratings).
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