I got a BA in this field called Journalism, and I must say that I am utterly disgusted. This whole field is pretty much gone in the West. I don’t think there is anything left of it. All there is is propaganda anymore. Investigate journalism? What the Hell is that? The search for the truth? Don’t make me laugh. Freedom of the press? Are you kidding? An unbiased and objective media, as expected under the system of liberalism known preposterously as “freedom and democracy?” Huh?
For every real journalist, there are probably 99 presstitutes.
There are still some real journalists out there, but there aren’t any in the US press, newspapers, newsmagazines, or TV and radio stations. The only real journalists are found in little presses, small radio stations like Pacifica, and on relatively obscure websites. In other words, for 95% of Americans, they are inaccessible.
I am not quite sure what the reason for this massive totalitarian sleaze-out is, but I can’t help thinking that corporate control over the media has something big to do with it.
For instance, the Washington Post just got bought up by ultra-sleazy rightwing extremist billionaire Jeff Bezos. Obviously, Jeffy is only going to allow those stories to appear in his paper that reflect the views of him and his 1% pals in the government and corporate world. Anything that makes Jeffy and his buds look bad? Well, it’s just not going to show up!
What is starting to really terrify me is that I am seeing how most of the European media is about as dishonest, propagandistic and corrupted as American media. All this time I thought the European press was some kind of breath of fresh air. Turns out they are all corrupted beyond hope too.
There are a few exceptions. Every now and again the Telegraph or the Daily Mail runs a piece that goes against state propaganda.
I am starting to think that maybe under capitalism, the media will always be controlled by the leaders of the state, the rich and the pillars of the corporate class, so the media under capitalism will always have a totalitarian, pure propaganda feel to it.
What system would yield true freedom of the press? Not sure, but capitalism it ain’t.
