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	Michael Parenti: Monopoly Media Manipulation
		At the same time, these media leave the impression that they are free and independent, capable of balanced coverage and objective commentary.
		The media preemptively assume the very dubious position that needs to be debated: that the program, is in danger of insolvency (in thirty years) and therefore in need of drastic overhauling today.
		Media pundits often talk about the “larger picture.” In fact, their ability or willingness to link immediate events and issues to larger social relations is almost nonexistent, nor would a broader analysis be tolerated by their bosses.
	www.michaelparenti.org /MonopolyMedia.html (3030 words)

	The Media - Manipulation
		Sydney-siders were shocked in early 1989 when they were told by the media that fish caught near their coastline were massively contaminated with organochlorines.
		Dissatisfaction with the media's reporting of scientific studies is sometimes really a manifestation of a wider struggle over the control of information and its meaning.
		Media reporters, far from being the villains of the piece, were pawns in a power struggle, praised by environmentalists and rebuked by government scientists who blamed them for the public protest that ensued.
	homepage.mac.com /herinst/envcrisis/media/manipulation.html (552 words)

	TomPaine.com - The FCC's Media Manipulation
		Timothy Karr is the campaign director of Free Press, the national media reform organization, and coordinator of the Stop Big Media coalition.
		Despite overwhelming opposition to his plans to gut longstanding media ownership rules, Powell faithfully served the interest of the corporate media lobby.
		Late last night, the unfolding controversy prompted Martin to order an independent investigation into why the two studies on media ownership were never made public, yet he remains adamant with Powell in denying any knowledge of a cover-up.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/09/19/the_fccs_media_manipulation.php (936 words)

	Media manipulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Media manipulation is an aspect of public relations in which individuals or groups use certain tactics in dealing with the media to create an image or argument that favours their particular interests.
		The method is to discredit opposing arguments by appealing to nationalistic pride or memory of past accomplishments, or appealing to fear or dislike of a specific country, or of foreigners in general.
		This is a widespread and subtle form of media manipulation: simply giving credence only to "mainstream" sources of information, which are also the easiest to manipulate by corporate or political interests, since they can be owned or sponsored by them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Media_manipulation (933 words)

	LET THE MEDIA MANIPULATION BEGIN.
		The media beat us down with their doomsday scenarios, manipulate us with exaggerations, hide the truth with misrepresentations and then we come crawling back when they shamelessly pull at our heartstrings.
		It's the media's favorite game: Strike fear into the hearts and minds of millions, then later soothe the viewers with the knowledge that the mountain they previously distorted turned out to be a molehill.
		The media has done it before and they will do it again; they alter reality, and then they making us feel crappy about not only what is, but what could be still to come.
	www.blacktable.com /glacel041027.htm (1208 words)

	Narco News Publishes Historic Statement by Venezuela Media Workers
		Media owners must accept that they are a force in society and for that reason have a social responsibility, not only to the workforce but also to Venezuelan society.
		If companies or media owners support or prefer one of the poles or groups disputing political power in Venezuela, we demand that they make it clear that it is the employer's and not the worker's position.
		We propose that the media's social commitment, journalist ethics, work relationships and work contract obligations imposed on journalists become topics for debate between company and workers to reach harmony in media circles and society in general, a debate which must be undertaken free of the heat of political militancy.
	www.narconews.com /venezuelamedia1.html (861 words)

	Media Alliance - METHODS OF MEDIA MANIPULATION, by Michael Parenti
		The corporate mainstream media seldom stray into territory that might cause discomfort to those who hold political and economic power, including those who own the media or advertise in it.
		Instead, the media assume a very dubious position that needs to be debated: That the program is in danger of collapsing (in 30 years) and therefore needs to be privatized.
		Their job is not to inform but to disinform, not to advance democratic discourse but to mute it, telling us what to think about the world before we have a chance to think about it for ourselves.
	www.media-alliance.org /article.php?story=20040513171349558 (1715 words)

	: ASP : AMERICA : MEDIA MANIPULATION - Islamherald.com
		The built-in biases of the corporate mainstream media faithfully reflect the dominant ideology, seldom straying into territory that might cause discomfort to those who hold political and economic power, including those who own the media or advertise in it.
		The news media regularly fail to provide a range of information and commentary that might help citizens in a democracy develop their own critical perceptions.
		The job of the corporate media is to make the universe of discourse safe for corporate America, telling us what to think about the world before we have a chance to think about it for ourselves.
	www.islamherald.com /asp/america/media_manipulation.asp (1457 words)

	How Mass Media Simulate Political Transparency
		Another class of media event shows the politician with his or her family, participating in casual activities, or in a seemingly unguarded and intimate moment.
		Media coverage of the private lives of public figures is actually a form of informational transparency, although not necessarily one that serves democratic values.
		News media in the United States have launched multiple shows giving multiple experts opportunities to discuss the scandal, events related to the scandal, media coverage of events related to the scandal and media coverage of the media coverage of events related to the scandal.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/jbalkin/articles/media01.htm (8041 words)

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		Instead, it is a cynical manipulation of the discourse designed to silence even the mildest dissent from the conservative, militantly pro-corporate dogma that has come to pass for news in an era when "reporters" brag about the size of their American-flag lapel pins."
		For the pseudoliberals who work in the media system, confessing to a liberal bias is far more comfortable than admitting that they've sold out their beliefs for a nice salary.
		"The media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly."
	www.mediaactionmarin.org /docs/quotes.htm (1007 words)

	Media Coverage/ Media Manipulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mass media have a powerful influence on public life and have frequently been called a “fourth authority of the state” along with the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government.
		While for a long time the media were the mouthpiece of political parties or social groups, transmitting their — frequently ideological — viewpoints, media companies are nowadays major economic players, seeking to pursue their specific interests.
		We have subdivided our research on media manipulation into three sections, the first investigating mass media in times of war, the second dealing with false reports that are not related to wars, and the third revealing the role of the Internet in general.
	www.acs-onweb.de /hd/content/pres_c3_media_coverage/index.html (181 words)

	media manipulation: Too many media polls, too little time
		It is probably trite to say that in the last few years we have become completely inundated with media polls.
		The media has a vested interest in wanting the poll to come out in such a way that the results are the most newsworthy.
		And there is no shortage of ways to manipulate the taking of a poll to achieve the desired result.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2005/media061705.htm (571 words)

	Serbia Info News / Racak is cause for fresh media manipulation
		Western media have blown the number of the killed terrorists to between 40 and 90, depending on the degree of their inclination to the Serbian side.
		In an effort to prove that alleged civilians were killed, some media have said that the victims included women, children and the elderly, although there is no evidence whatsoever to corroborate this.
		Claims about how the killed terrorists were found are also being manipulated with, as some media report that the bodies were found together in one place, while others say that the terrorists were killed while running away.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-01/18/8197.html (401 words)

	Methods of media manipulation Humanist - Find Articles
		Whatever distorsions and inaccuracies found in the news are caused by deadline pressures, human misjudgment, budgetary restraints, and the difficulty of reducing a complex story into a concise report.
		I would argue that the media's misrepresentations are not all the result of innocent error and everyday production problems, though such problems certainly do exist.
		In any case, it begins to reach larger publics and gain visibility despite the suppression perpetrated by"our free and independent media." When omission proves to be sufficient, the media move from ignoring the stony to vigorously attacking it.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1374/is_n4_v57/ai_19582382 (479 words)

	Chapter 3 -- Manipulation of the Media
		The American media chorus justified her release by claiming that she had been kidnapped and brainwashed, and since brainwashing is their forte, opposition to the argument was conspicuous by its absence.
		When the media team has to relate news that is potentially embarrassing to the elite or their government functionaries, the media team uses the power punch which consists of giving information exclusively through one or more carefully prepared official news releases, followed by newspaper and TV station editorials, thereafter followed immediately by opinion poll surveys.
		Media censorship continues in part because individuals who have made their careers in the media cannot afford to jeopardize their family's security, or their own career development to speak out against those that employ them.
	www.socialconscience.com /feudalism/printch3.htm (9927 words)

	portland imc - 2004.12.09 - Media Manipulation
		June-November--the media gradually uncover the details of a botched mission, one which apparently did not involve a close-in firefight with Taliban fugitives (as described in the citation for the Silver Star), and one that leaders of the local Afghan militia accompanying the U.S. troops were told by U.S. commanders not to discuss with media representatives.
		In Afghanistan as in Iraq, the Pentagon is repeating its ill-fated public information policies of the Vietnam era that contributed to the breakdown of trust between a significant portion of the U.S. public, the uniformed military, and those elected and appointed to lead the nation.
		Besides the circumstances of Pat Tillman?s death, the most recent deliberate deception of the media was the October 14, 2004 statement by a Pentagon spokesperson that an assault on Fallujah had begun.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/12/305557.shtml (983 words)

	Mainstream Media Manipulation and the Gulf War
		The failure of the Western media to effectively question United States and United Nations assertions of Iraqi aggression and abuses, coupled with a jingoistic acceptance of the official American line during the war, can be attributed to the corporate, bureaucratic, and profit-oriented mindset of the major news media organizations.
		However, the media is theoretically supposed to ask questions, and the media, especially in the U.S., has fallen prey to a fit of caution.
		Whether or not the media did in fact contribute to the growing unpopularity of the war in the late 1960's, it became an article of faith in military circles that the media was largely responsible for the loss in Vietnam.
	struggle.ws /issues/war/gulf_media.html (4831 words)

	Senator highlights media manipulation
		"They used the media as a mechanism to help justify their rule, and when it didn't work, they set up artificial media," Nirun said, in reference to the recent and sudden emergence of a pro-Thaksin Shinawatra cable TV station, radio station and newspaper under the name "The Reporter".
		Meanwhile, media reform proponent Supinya Klangnarong accused all major free TV operators, which are controlled by the state, of intoxicating the public with a cocktail of sports, sex, comedy and reality programming.
		She said the setting up of the pro-government "The Reporter" media group was a sign that the government had learnt nothing from its past attempts to intervene in the media.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/09/09/politics/politics_30013204.php (542 words)

	MEDIA MANIPULATION... PERSONAL C.Y.A.
		The left leaning mainstream media cabal ‘enabled’ the Clinton administration big time with spin, cover, and obfuscation.
		The late Reed Irvine (a dear and missed friend) routinely took on America's biggest and most influential journalists and media companies to account for their errors, and stick to the facts.
		Geoff hunts down the stories the rest of the media ignores and exposes them for public scrutiny.
	www.etherzone.com /2006/metc090506.shtml (859 words)

	kmwittig: Global and Local Affairs: Media Manipulation - Global Issues
		The media is manipulated in all manners, for example through professional public relations (PR), and covert and overt government propaganda which disseminates propaganda as news.
		In cases where a war is questionable, the PR firms are indirectly contributing to the eventual and therefore unavoidable casualties.
		Media management may also be used to promote certain political policies and ideologies.
	kmwakak8.blogspot.com /2006/04/media-manipulation-global-issues.html (4437 words)

	Weapons of Mass Deception: Media Manipulates Minds
		Independent media that strives for accuracy and is not funded by governments, corporations or philanthropic foundations (often with oil company investments) is the most reliable, and yet the most difficult to find.
		Their one-liners are too predictable, they are too easily manipulated by forces they should be trying to expose, and apart from endless analyses of the nuances of presidential party politics, or what the jurors are thinking at the O.J. trial, they have little to say about issues that matter.
		The mass media become the authority at any given moment for what is true and what is false, what is reality and what is fantasy, what is important and what is trivial.
	www.oilempire.us /media.html (8999 words)

	Western media manipulation ensures the irrelevance of public opinion (by Muzaffar Iqbal) - Media Monitors Network (MMN)
		These two strands of the plan are being implemented, piece by piece, through a multi-million dollar media war that reminds one of the infamous European witch hunts of the sixteenth century.
		Of course this media war against Islam and Muslims is not new.
		But what is new is the wedding of the media and the "scholarly apparatus" that "studies" Islam, and the use of this media war as part of a strategy for the recolonization of the Muslim world.
	usa.mediamonitors.net /content/view/full/2186 (1920 words)

	Solving The Enigma Of Media Manipulation
		The reason these mysteries are never solved is because of the pathetic state of our news media, which are wholly controlled by the very same men who commit these colossal crimes that injure us all.
		Ruppert has consistently complained about harassment from the so-called left media, which claimed he was a hysterical conspiracy theorist because he asked embarrassing yet wholly evidence-based questions about the unanswered questions concerning the tragic mystery and coverup of 9/11.
		Feldman's "Alternative Media Censorship: Sponsored by the CIA's Ford Foundation," describes the deceptive dilemma millions of Americans face by trusting such leftie icons as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Norman Solomon, all of whom downplay the 9/11 conspiracy angle and Israel's involvement in it.
	www.rense.com /general38/solv.htm (2457 words)

	Corporate Propaganda and Media Manipulation
		Michael Parenti, author of Monopoly Media Manipulation says that the most common form of manipulation is suppression by omission.
		The Media Awareness Network in Canada supports media literacy and education and provides educational resources for parents and children.
		Knowledge of how we are being manipulated by corporations and the media is the first step toward doing something about it.
	www.zenzibar.com /articles/corporatepropaganda.asp (1302 words)

	Media Manipulation
		This backed by the news media's careful screening and processing of information before it is presented to the public leads to a society which is told what to eat, drink, buy, wear, and most importantly, what to think.
		In order for any person to perform an action that they would not normally do of their own accord, they must first be convinced that it is what is best, and they must choose to do it themselves rather than be forced or obviously coerced into doing so.
		Subliminal messaging is what the media uses to put a thought into the mind of the viewer.
	eserver.org /courses/fall96/76-100g/zcj (2771 words)

	The GULLY \| Letter from Venezuela: Venezuela's Media Mindshock
		Instead of tanks and guns, the new opposition has been wielding subliminal advertising techniques and media manipulation.
		Disinformation, flashing negative imagery, fear and stress induction techniques, quasi-hypnotic suggestion, excessive repetition, and falsification and forgery are just but a few of the mindshock techniques deliberately being used, not just in overtly political spots but also in regular programming.
		The year-long hate and anxiety-inducing exercise in media manipulation is not conducive to rational, let alone realistic, thought.
	www.thegully.com /essays/venezuela/021220_media_mindshock.html (930 words)

	Media Monitor - Secret Media Manipulation - August 19, 1999
		Ben Barber points out that "...since foreign media reporters often get played back in U.S. media, it will likely be impossible to prevent a backwash" of the information into America.
		But Barber points out that "...since foreign media reporters often get played back in U.S. media, it will likely be impossible to prevent a backwash" of the information into America.
		Reed Irvine is the former Chairman of Accuracy In Media and Cliff Kincaid is the Editor of the AIM Report.
	www.aim.org /media_monitor/A3266_0_2_0_C (592 words)

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