Funding left-wing talkshows
Monday, July 28th, 2003 03:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robinturnerI know it's narcissistic to repost things I've written to mailing lists, but I couldn't resist ....
> Lastly,
> Why is it liberal talk shows do not suceed except on taxpayer funded PBS?
> If there was a market (demand)...it would be supplied (liberal talk shows...)
Perhaps because viewing/listening tastes are infuenced by the mainstream media, who are careful to push the agenda of the corporations that fund them.
My solution is to support left-wing content through careful product placement (shades of Wayne's World).
> Lastly,
> Why is it liberal talk shows do not suceed except on taxpayer funded PBS?
> If there was a market (demand)...it would be supplied (liberal talk shows...)
Perhaps because viewing/listening tastes are infuenced by the mainstream media, who are careful to push the agenda of the corporations that fund them.
My solution is to support left-wing content through careful product placement (shades of Wayne's World).
NOAM CHOMSKY: I have explained at length how network news media are feeding Americans a bland, uncritical view of current events. In fact, I've explained it at such length that I'm really thirsty. Time for a refreshing Coca-Cola, I think. [raises can to the camera and takes a deep gulp] Mmm, it's the real thing. And I don't mean that in any Baudrillardian sense. So, as I was saying, the corporate media have infiltrated our consciousness to the degree that we unthinkingly speak, act and dress in the way they dictate. And by the way, I'm wearing stonewashed Levis to give me that authentic proletarian look.
Anyway, it's time to welcome my guest, that well-known and still controversial feminist author, Germaine Greer. Say, Germaine, is that a Fruit of the Loom T-shirt you're wearing?
