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Trump exists as a grotesque, a caricature of a president, because of network television.
Media networks created and promoted him.
If we don’t start concerning ourselves with who owns what and why, he will be the first drip in a flood of autocratic leaders.
We gotta get smart.
Media networks created and promoted him.
If we don’t start concerning ourselves with who owns what and why, he will be the first drip in a flood of autocratic leaders.
We gotta get smart.
Consider the sources and the motivation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2016/12/01/donald-trumps-election-delivers-massive-ratings-for-cable-news/ @forbes 2016
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2016/12/01/donald-trumps-election-delivers-massive-ratings-for-cable-news/ @forbes 2016
America was cheated out of a compassionate female leader as the networks gave billions in free advert to Trump. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1128067822070796289
The first five billion was free.
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/30/breakingviews-trump-cold-shoulder-for-tv-ads-may-set-the-trend.html @cnbc 2016
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/30/breakingviews-trump-cold-shoulder-for-tv-ads-may-set-the-trend.html @cnbc 2016
A presidential contestant under contract to @nbc whose producers knew he was a fraud. https://twitter.com/Heidi_Cuda/status/1078710577176801280
Corporate controlled media on the whole has not been good for America’s head. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1133614554183680000
I used to think it was mere greed that drove Murdoch & Ailes. But a deeper dive reveals troubling signs. Da. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1135529665005727745
We’ve been naive and unprepared. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1153046286825709569
Parroting lies disrupt rational thought. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1153041077567283200
Why does media parrot Kremlin talking points
. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1207704702382526464
. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1207704702382526464
There was a time, not that long ago, when media was fiercely independent. https://maewestside.tumblr.com/post/150888812156/hooker-dumped-at-seashore-and-other-lessons
When six corporations own most of the media, whose truth are you getting?
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 @businessinsider 2012
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 @businessinsider 2012
If we don’t concern ourselves with who owns what and why, parasitizing will continue indefinitely. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1138988629043187712
Recall when we didn’t have MSM parroting lies by a fraud in the White House and facts were still a thing. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1284501302605561856
Citizen activists and independent journalists appear to be the last bulwark against propaganda bot by billionaires. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1170010944941854720
How, when, where, and why did we allow media to marginalize women for profit. https://maewestside.tumblr.com/post/150744290461/the-marie-dressler-suffragette-society-or-how
. https://maewestside.tumblr.com/post/150744290461/the-marie-dressler-suffragette-society-or-how
So how do we get smart? I personally don’t own a television. I’m not on Facebook. I am traumatized by the pro-Trumpian propaganda Epoch Times ads polluting YouTube. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1164057670208200704
So how do we stop propaganda? It’s fueled by money, and if you suck the money out, what’s left?
Truth?
Facts?
Hope?
A chance for the survival of Democracy?
Does the Fourth Estate have to re-evaluate its business model and consider becoming not-for-profits to save the republic?
Truth?
Facts?
Hope?
A chance for the survival of Democracy?
Does the Fourth Estate have to re-evaluate its business model and consider becoming not-for-profits to save the republic?
Putin saw his opening and took it, but the right-wing propaganda machine has been humming along since Nixon. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1148022643590750208
Too much is at stake to sit idly by. https://twitter.com/heidi_cuda/status/1144373078568292352
