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Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read

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Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. These corporate behemoths control most of what we watch, hear and read every single day. They own television networks, cable channels, movie studios, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, music labels and even many of our favorite websites. Sadly, most Americans don't even stop to think about who is feeding them the endless hours of news and entertainment that they constantly ingest. Most Americans don't really seem to care about who owns the media. But they should. The truth is that each of us is deeply influenced by the messages that are constantly being pounded into our heads by the mainstream media. The average American watches 153 hours of television a month. In fact, most Americans begin to feel physically uncomfortable if they go too long without watching or listening to something. Sadly, most Americans have become absolutely addicted to news and entertainment and the ownership of all that news and entertainment that we crave is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands each year.
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28 comments // Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read

  • artemis6
  • Sexirobot
  • DogBoy
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      DogBoy  

    • Great point the Industrial complex has been consolidating power for sometime. Just like the Outer Limits. Someone else controls what we hear and see and ultimately what we believe. that's why I try to watch and read as many different news platforms as possible.

    • 1 year ago
  • EmperorThan
  • ultimatum
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      ultimatum  

    • We have control over what we see. If you don't like a news source, don't use it. If enough people feel the same way, it won't generate significant revenue and its competitors will have the edge.

      Personally I hate a lot of television programming, so I don't watch. I use the internet - and that puts my "vote" in a different way.

      People indiscriminately coach-potatoing every program that comes on whilst foaming at the mouth and chugging cherry cokes simply because their brains are off are the real problem, not the media sources.

    • 1 year ago
  • NickerBocker09
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      NickerBocker09  
    • ultimatum:

      The blame goes to both the people watching AND the news corporations. The people for being dumb, and the corporations for their greed and uncaring for the reason we have freedom of press --> so that the people can be informed.

    • 1 year ago
  • PigFarmington
  • toastyguy11
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      toastyguy11  

    • Man, you don't realize how much we're constantly bombarded by media until you get away from it all. I took a trip to Nepal, which is a very quiet place, a while ago,and when I got back it definitely took some adjusting, it was overwhelming at first.

    • 1 year ago
  • bailey78
  • CalgarC
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      CalgarC  

    • my 2 major sources of news and information... WORDPRESS and TWITTER... and one of them is opensource :D i try to stay away from major media if i can

      oh and i don't watch tv...

    • 1 year ago
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Time Warner, Walt Disney , Viacom , Rupert Murdoch's News Corp . , CBS Corp. and NBC Universal . Yep , that is 6 for TV . Competing with Clear channel and Google , Yahoo and Microsoft . That is why I do not watch TV nor listen to any radio but npr and bbc . The rest are absolutely worthless .

    • 1 year ago
  • CalgarC
  • MAssappeal
  • kennymotown
  • artemis6
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  
    • MAssappeal:

      Thank you massapppeal , for the info . Yes , I was aware of that when it happened , and I compensate as needed , on the internet . BBC is not as reliable as it used to be either . There are some benefits to being oldish and whiley .

    • 1 year ago
  • cheshiresleeves
  • CalgarC
  • Short_Shanks
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      Short_Shanks  

    • While many people might look at this article and think "conspiracy theory," it's actually factually correct that very few individuals own most of the wealth in the US and the rest of the world. How much of a stretch is it to think that it might be in their best interest to make deals/partnerships with other wealthy individuals to preserve their power.

      I don't think this is a "new world order," so much as colonialism in a democracy, coke, levis, and mcdonalds clothing. Think Feudalism with better branding and complete control of all relevant information. "Relevant" is of course defined by those in control and by "mother culture." Yea Capitalism!

    • 1 year ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  

    • This kinda explains how Jon Stewart is able to find footage of all the various stations, talking heads using the same 'talking points'. Kind of like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers. When will they get to Jon Stewart?

      NBC has a new owner. Is the new owner, just like the old owner. Or is this the switch? Will MSNBC start spinning the same spin as CNN?

    • 1 year ago
  • jpvt
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      jpvt  
    • Conniepae:

      Comedy Central is part of the Viacom family, so they technically already have him. However, there is money to be from his fan base, so Viacom doesn't really care about his political views. It's the same reason GE let MSNBC drift to the political left. GE is certainly not a left leaning company, but they let their cable news network go liberal because it was a niche that needed to be filled (the same way Fox News filled a niche when it was created). Most of these companies have some networks that appeal to the left and the right, even Fox (the network) and FX have some very left-leaning shows.

      It does suck that so few companies control so much of what we see, but as long as there is money to made off of catering to people of all kinds of beliefs and attitudes you won't really see a complete suppression of many "voices." News Corp is really the worst offender out there right now, because in addition to their obvious political agenda they put lots of pressure on their local affiliates to report the news the way they want them to, but Murdoch actually owns all of the affiliates, so it's a different ownership situation than NBC (GE), CBS (essentially Viacom), and ABC (Disney).

      There have been several studies done on cross-media ownership in specific cities that show parent companies rarely get their newspapers coordinated with their radio stations and their TV networks to push the same news and political agenda. Surprisingly you can find many vastly different "voices" in several media outlets who are all employed by the same parent company.

    • 1 year ago
  • bc_f
  • kennymotown
  • bc_f
  • kennymotown
  • rodstradamus
  • kennymotown
  • Sw3rv
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