1998 Media Solutions
Hi! Happy Tuesday! What is absolutely riveting about this 2 hour corporate media discussion in 1998 is just how quaint it is. Today's total corporate take over the of media and subsequent complete loss of media credibility since the deregulation in 1996 by Bill Clinton makes this panel discussion seem silly. The compelling reason for posting this on a blog specifically about solutions and not whining is that these folks suggest solutions throughout the two hours, especially Farai Chideya and Mark Crispin Miller. Well done. It is about the solutions. The state of affairs since then makes this post a cautionary tale about what we are up truly up against trying to change things. We now live in an era where only a handful of corporations own most of the TV and radio stations these days. This fact is reflected in our voided expectation of any media responsibility or objectivity. It is all opinion now. It is either Fox News on the right, MSNBC on the left or CNN for a complete ea