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October 13, 2006
MSM (MainStreamMedia) and Me
I see that Air America has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
That's a shame, because the more that differing viewpoints are available, the better.
I spend a certain amount of time in a car, about 1 hour a day, either listening to music, or listening to talk radio. I listen to Hannity, and Limbaugh, and Boortz. I would love to listen to ... who?
Why would I love to listen to "them"?
Because they aren't Hannity/Boortz/Limbaugh. I want that differing viewpoint.
I hear "conservative" talk-show hosts, and their callers, hammering the Democrats. I don't hear "liberal" talk-show hosts, and their callers hammering the Republicans.
I've listened, a little bit, to streaming audio of some of the "liberal" crew getting down on the Republicans - but I wasn't impressed, because it wasn't a big enough sample.
On the gripping hand, the "major" media outlets, the ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN crowd have been steadily losing market share to Fox, and to the Web.
And why might that be? Especially the "Web" part?
Try this search at Google: north korea nuke
More than 9 million results.
Now try: gerry studds
Yahoo is/was big, Google is best, and I, the consumer, can pick and choose, and do my own research - which really irks the MSM (MainStreamMedia). They want to be the gatekeepers, the deciders of "All The News That's Fit To Print". But now, they're not. And it really drives 'em wild that with minimal effort, I (the consumer) can get all kinds of information that is NOT filtered by the MSM (MainStreamMedia) - from any and all sides of any argument.
Ain't it cool?
Posted by ward at October 13, 2006 06:41 PM