tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post354297463377517799..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Societal Death WatchThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33652331497207397312013-12-21T14:27:41.790-08:002013-12-21T14:27:41.790-08:00Yup.
In many ways the key is the media. The infor...Yup.<br />In many ways the key is the media. The information most people receive comes from a few megacorporations owned by people on on the rich side of that divide. They are far from a neutral information source, or a forum for evenhanded presentation of a range of positions.<br />When they gutted the rules against media concentration it was a big milestone. By now, the basic setup is that most of the media follows a similar rightward slant, and the political parties relate to that in different ways. The Liberals accept and work with it, the Cons attack the media to get them to toe the corporate line more slavishly, and the NDP run scared.<br /><br />But it is possible to create anticorporate political power despite a concentrated right wing media. Venezuela is a key case. And the internet still has some promise, diluted though it may have become.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-80567737255603116622013-12-21T07:48:49.925-08:002013-12-21T07:48:49.925-08:00It is telling, astone, that none of the parties, N...It is telling, astone, that none of the parties, NDP included, is genuinely committed to reversing inequality.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4593472574115843192013-12-20T19:52:46.359-08:002013-12-20T19:52:46.359-08:00We are screwed periodWe are screwed periodastonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689144433736347749noreply@blogger.com