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Mainstream Media 2019: Objectivity No Longer Exists

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"If you do not read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."    Mark Twain During 2018 almost 90% of coverage in the mainstream media was negative towards President Trump.  It is as if people working for the corporate media wake up in the morning with the goal of using their position and power to discredit Trump and to portray those who support him in the most dishonest context as possible. Who ever thought they would see the day that the media would have less objectivity than the propaganda organs portrayed in George Orwell's classic, "1984?" Sadly, media greatly influences perception.  As Malcolm X noted, "The media is the most powerful entity on earth.  They have the power to make the innocent guilty and the make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." Too many people turn on the TV, or go to a website of a powerful news publication, and they exp...

Is the Media Even Pretending to be Fair With Their Coverage of President Trump?

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“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.”   Mark Twain Many of us grew up with the message that the US media was ethical; seeking the truth and informing the public. The assumption was that there were dedicated reporters out there competing with each other to expose corruption, make sure voters knew the good and bad about political figures and that overall honesty was a prerequisite in the “4 th Estate.” Today polls show trust in the media at an all-time low. And recent coverage of Donald Trump illustrates why the media doesn’t deserve any respect. Before I go into how Trump has been given despicable treatment by the corporate media I would like to point to a scene in my book “ The Destiny of Our Past ” http://amzn.to/2nrU3Ng   Set in the distant past a group of Noah’s followers are gunned down by government security forces. This is witnessed by corporate media heads but they spin the story t...