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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Nearly all media is state controlled. Even privately owned media companies because both the media and the state are just tools the owning class uses to maintain power. They share the same interests. There are some coalitions of reporters and journalists that have relative independence but even they must cooperate with the interests of the owning class or risk being shut out of key resources necessary for their reporting and therefore their income. The goal is to read reporting from all sources with the interests of the producers of that source in mind. You can read RT and get reliable information on some subjects just as you can read the kyivindependant and get reliable information on some subjects. Emphasis on some. It is unfortunately up to the reader to filter through bias, a skill that is suspisciously not taught well in our education.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Nearly all media is state controlled. Even privately owned media companies because both the media and the state are just tools the owning class uses to maintain power.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I really gotta read Chomsky and Herman's book on that subject

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I actually preferred Inventing Reality from Parenti

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Parenti my beloved. Will be adding that to my list thank you

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's also an audiobook of inventing reality on torrents and youtube, if that's your thing.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I usually listen to audiobooks while I read, helps me focus. So thank you too :)

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't given it a try yet, I'll have to give it a read.

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