Now that 98 percent of the media is controlled by two major share holding corporations and one foreign investor I’ve noticed that there is more sensationalism and less focus on domestic and foreign news. Over the past five years I’ve seen more and more network news stations dropping off the air.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t watch a lot of television, but I do consider myself somewhat of a “news hound” and just want to have a wide variety of news (print, radio, TV and internet) with as much unbiased facts as possible. Editorials and opposing views are welcomed as well.
It seems the Internet is turning out to be the most desirable place to google news stories – however, Google has shareholders too, as well as friends in Government (shhhh..).
The only national news on cable here in SF are CNN, Fox (if you consider Fox news) and BBC. MSNBC is not much different than CNN. I thought Larry King was into interviewing celebs – now he’s practically on the front lines. What’s up with that? Maybe Jerry Springer will be hosting “Suni’s vs Shites tonight at 6:00pm”. How about Oprah interviewing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Now there’s an interview I’d want to watch :-). Next: Mike Wallace OUT – Katie Kouric IN.