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Frank Zappa, 1988:
"There's an illusion in the United States that we have free press. And it is purely an illusion. The censorship that takes place here doesn't just come from the government...
"There's an illusion in the United States that we have free press. And it is purely an illusion. The censorship that takes place here doesn't just come from the government...
... It is a result of the editorial viewpoint of the people who own the individual broadcast licences, the invididual newspapers and magazines. None of these people are liberal. 90% of the people who own media are of an extreme right wing persuasion..."
... In fact, one of the things that these right wing broadcasters have done is to create a smokescreen. A few years ago, they started this campaign, that worked like this:
They had people from right wing organisations go on TV and complain that the media had a liberal bias...
They had people from right wing organisations go on TV and complain that the media had a liberal bias...
... And then spent a year or more having debates and arguments between these people - who would talk about whether or not the media was too liberal.
And it never was liberal. It was always right wing...
And it never was liberal. It was always right wing...
... But by bringing these people from the right wing onto television to challenge the liberality of broadcasting, they created a situation where they could claim that in order to have more fairness in their broadcasting, they had to inject a more right wing element into it..."
... "They've created the myth that American broadcasting and American media has a liberal bias it never has had. It couldn't have. Because the people who own it are in no way liberal".
My thoughts turn idly to @bbcquestiontime and @bbclaurak - AMONG MANY OTHERS.
My thoughts turn idly to @bbcquestiontime and @bbclaurak - AMONG MANY OTHERS.
I'm also indebted to @DanimalsMusic for sending me this. The interview is at 10:46 here.
