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Mainstream U.s. Media Controlled by Conservatives

From a national survey by “Fair” which showed that the idea that the mainstream media have a “liberal bias” has long been conventional wisdom. At various times, public figures and media personalities from Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Bill O’Reilly, Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity and Rupert Murdoch of Fox Networks (Rupert Murdoch now major stock holder of “The Wall Street Journal) they and others have all taken refuge in the claim that the “liberal” media were out to get them. A legion of conservative talk show hosts, pundits and media-watch groups pound away at the idea that the media exhibit an inherently “liberal” tilt. But the assertion is based on remarkably little evidence and is repeatedly made in the face of contradictory facts.

In particular, the conservative critique of the news media rests on two general propositions: (1) journalists’ views are to the left of the public, and (2) journalists frame news content in a way that accentuates these left perspectives. Researchers and analysts have discovered persuasive evidence against the latter claim. Content analyses of the news media have, at a minimum, shown the absence of any such systematic liberal/left tilt; some studies have found a remarkably predictable press usually reflecting the narrow range of views of those in positions of power, as well as a spectrum of expert opinion that tilts toward the right.

 

The report goes on to say that the powerful corporate interests which own and sponsor the news media ensure that news content never strays too far, for too long, from protecting the status quo. You don’t understand the corporate ideology of General Motors by studying the personal beliefs of the assembly-line workers, the argument goes. Ideological orientation is introduced and enforced by those high in the organizational hierarchy who have the power to hire and fire, to reward and punish. Working journalists, despite their sometimes high visibility, usually do not call the shots in the nation’s media corporations. (The documentary “Fear and Favor in the Newsroom” provides vivid illustrations of this situation.) Consequently, the private views of individual journalists often matter little.

 

The latest available stats show that most mainstream media is owned and/or controlled by the conservative lift. Large corporations and the wealthy are able to weld major political clout because of their media holdings. In turn they are collectively able to shape government policy by controlling the slant of the mainstream news.

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC –(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)

Television Holdings:

* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.

* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with then Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.

* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Bill Gates Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).

The “MS” in MSNBC

means Microsoft

The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected and more cash for re-election.

Other Holdings:

* GE Consumer Electronics.

* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.

* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.

* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.

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WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.

Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)

whose #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:

Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)

Television Holdings:

* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.

* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.

* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.

* Group W Satellite Communications.

Other Holdings:

* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.

* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.

* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance. =================================

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.

Television Holdings:

* Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.

* 20 major market US stations.

Media Holdings:

* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.

* Simon & Schuster Publishing.

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DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW’s 2000 campaign)

Television Holdings:

* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.

* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.

* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!

* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.

Media Holdings:

* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.

* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.

* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.

* Hyperion book publishers.

* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).

Other Holdings:

* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.

* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines. ==========================

TIME-WARNER TBS – AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW’s 2000 campaign)

America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history.

Television Holdings:

* CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).

* Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers.

Media Holdings:

* HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.

* Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company.

* 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.

Other Holdings:

* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling.

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NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) (donations see bottom note)

Television Holdings:

* Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.

* Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%).

* The Golf Channel (33%).

MEDIA HOLDINGS:

* Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.

* 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.

* 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.

* HarperCollins books.

OTHER HOLDINGS:

* Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League.

* Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.

* Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).

*(Phillip Morris donated 2.9 million to George W Bush in 2000)*

Later data is being collected and is expected to show even more dominance of the mainstream media by rich and powerful conservatives.

Sources:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2447

 

go to the “columbia journalism review and click on the

“who owns what” link on the right side of the page

http://www.cjr.org/

The presidential donations for GW can be found at

http://www.boycottbush.net/bgrnd_info.htm#donors

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

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More experienced forex traders focus less on applying more indicators as they become familiar with the inherent rhythm of the market. Yet, those new to forex trading face the challenge of trying to find the inner harmony in all the noise and often turn to the large body of technical analysis to help them. Musical metaphors can help you deal with all that information.

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Consider the process by which you drive and still choose a radio station. The scan button lets you hear bits and parts of each station till you come across the correct song. You have no need of knowing beforehand all the songs that a station is going to play. A forex market is also relentlessly shelling out patterns at you in a similar way.

Sinusoidal patterns might emerge to the eye of an engineer who might detect the underlying simple harmonic motion and its resonant frequency. He would next try to use an equation to chart its path. However, someone trained in music wouldn’t need an equation to sense that the pattern has harmonics with tone repetitions. Heedless of the source of the data  whether from a guitar or a string or a trading floor on the forex  the patterns in the prices are indisputably self-similar and not random.

Once it is apparent that the forex index values depend greatly on the outputs of human behavior and other factors such as emotions, and then the traders can be motivated to think past linear methodologies of trading. If you allow yourself to open up to the patterns hidden beneath the surface, you begin to notice recursive themes in the nested patterns. The skill to get the hyped about trading edge is largely influenced by the method with which you look for it. A wise thing would be to watch out for patterns along with listening to the market.

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