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JayBerg, Why would behemoth Fox/Newscorp produce or care about producing quality, real journalism any more than the others do? These are all very large corporations that do not exist to deliver the most factual information to Americans possible. Corporations' primary goal and purpose is profit. Shareholders demand ROI. Advertising dollars dry up if ad buyers don't like the program content or they are put in a bad light.

In 1983, 90% of media was owned by 50 companies. Today, 90% of media, tv, radio, print, internet, is controlled by just 6 corporations. In many listening areas of the country, just one company owns all the radio stations. Consolidation of newspapers is happening at breathtaking speed. Newscorp/Rupert Murdoch bought WSJ and is eyeing Chicago and LA Tribune. Right now, FCC is planning to scrap rule forbidding media cross-ownership and allow one corp in the top 20 media markets own a newspaper, 2 tv stations, up to 8 radio stations and provide internet service.

Despite your belief that most msm is "liberal", which is laughable to any liberal you ask, this is what drives these monopolies from an insider. "programming is the (word for excrement) we run between the commercials". These 6 corps are monopolies. As media ownership ends up in fewer and fewer hands, we get less and less content, diversity, innovation and huge number people laid off. This is how Silvio Berlusconi ultimately became prime minister. He started out as a cruise ship lounge singer, later kept buying up media until he controlled it all and the content.

My point is that we don't know where what we hear or read comes from unless you look at who owns what to start with. You have a clear line that you like Fox and the like "slant" as you put it and dismiss all the rest. It's just not that simple.

Most people spend a lot of time and care researching before buying a car, boat or ATV. Not so much on issues that impact our lives. When it comes to what blasts out at us from tv/radio, it's more, hey, that sounds great to me, I'll buy that.

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