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Why You Are Being Deceived by the News Media

DeceptionIn the last 15 years, your sources for news have shrunk drastically.

Whereas in 1983, 50 corporations ruled the U.S. news media, by 2004 this number decreased to a minuscule six corporations.

When Ben Bagdikian predicted this more than 20 years ago in his book The Media Monopoly, he was called "alarmist". But when he updated his book in the 1990's, there were already fewer than two dozen media corporations controlling almost all of America's newspapers, magazines, TV stations, radio stations, books, records, movies, videos, wire services and photo agencies. He predicted that the number would fall even farther, and was greeted with skepticism. But his critics have been proven wrong as an increasingly small number of corporations control an increasingly huge percentage of the media market.

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Today, your mind is controlled by Time Warner, Disney, Murdoch's News Corporation, Bertelsmann of Germany, Viacom (formerly CBS) and General Electric's NBC.  These are the top owners of the entire media industry, which includes everything you read and hear in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, books, records, movies, videos, wire services and photo agencies. Is this a problem?

You bet it is!

There is Virtually No Competition in the Media Market Today Whatsoever

With a paltry six mega-corporations deciding what's news and what's not, you end up with a watered-down, hyped-up, "Paris-Hilton-Daily-Blow-By-Blow" censored for entertainment-value type information, which somehow now passes for news.

The Internet has Become the Last Bastion of Independent, Free-Thinking News

And health-related information is no exception to this rule. These mega-companies wield incredible power when it comes to slamming down the natural health industry and dumbing down the public. You have seen proof of it on numerous occasions already, with their "shocking news that vitamins are bad for your health" articles, just as an example.

I am proud to be a top-ranked independent voice in the vastness of corporate monopoly, offering information to empower you with alternative choices that can revolutionize your health, open your eyes to the truth, and keep you safely out of the pharmaceutical sickness loop.

Related Articles:

How the Media CONSTANTLY Confuses You With Misinformation

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The Doors Of Perception: Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything





 
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Posted On Jun 12, 2007
Whatever issues you hold important-- food and health, politics, environment,  the media has to be your second focus because without a healthy media --one with a diversity of ownership, and many platforms of delivery--- communicating the issues of our day in the hands of so few simply will NOT happen.    (This is an obvious statement to anyone who watches news on television in the states.)

What a shame for a media that has so much potential!

www.freepress.net does a fantastic job keeping us up on these issues and alerting us when the FCC is about to allow further consolidation. 

In fact it was an internet campaign by Free Press in 2003 that delivered 3 million comments to the FCC, more than they've ever received over any issue, and brought Big Media to its knees stopping any further consolidation.  ( Big Media is not going away on this one, so stay alert!) 
As Free Press says: Reform Media-Transform Democracy !

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Posted On Jun 14, 2007
OK,
let's take a quick look at "Butter". A very knowledgeable man returned my information (received from a farmer cousin) about how deadly margarine/oleo can be in some cases. He states that margarine is perfectly safe, and that butter is still dangerous to our health.
He even went as far as to send me to www.snopes.com where it is "proved" butter is not a good as most people think.

Once again the media can manipulate us.
What do you think?
Is margarine/oleo a purer food than butter?

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Posted On Jun 14, 2007
Hi Jane, nice to make your acquaintence too!

Thanks for the link to freepress.net - seems an excellent resource for staying awake.  Am signing up there and will tell others about it.

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Posted On Jun 14, 2007
Interesting angle on the butter story... perhaps Dr. Mercola would like to put out a piece on one over the other?  Udo Erasmus has a good chapter on the debate in his book "Fats that kill, fats that heal".  If you want my own view... if I had to make a choice (i.e. there was no tahini, almond, hazlenut, pumpkin seed etc butters around!) I'd take the butter.  No milk sugar in it and it's a far more natural than the artificial emulsifying of water and oils done to make margarine.

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Posted On Jun 26, 2007
Hi Jane...I just want to say Thank You for choosing to stand up for what is right and for being willing to be fired and go through all you went through at Fox TV along with Steve Wilson. I read about your story in Dr. Epstein's book "What's In Your Milk". I am so sorry that journalism has sunken to such depths and that you had to choose between trying to inform us (the unsuspecting public) about the dangers of rBGH milk or loose your jobs. Pathetic! I applaud you for your courage to not compromise. All americans owe you and Steve our gratitude...I only wish that the truth could have gotten out to the public through your documentary and there were more journalists like you out there! 

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Posted On Jul 14, 2007
I learned about the monopolies from Jon Rappaport. See www.nomorefakenews.com . I saw first hand the 911 media propaganda. Both the US , Canada and the British media outlets all had the same propaganda of 911. Saying that jet fuel took the towers down when they were pulled down by gravity after the supports in the first floor were blown out with explosives planted some time prior to Sept 11. The third tower was scheduled to be pulled down on Sept 11. And the Pentagon was attacked by a cruise missile from a military helicopter, not an American Airlines plane.

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
Thank God for the internet. Even with the satanic influence of porn on it. Without this last bastion of free thinking that takes place on it, My fear is that these corporations will not stop untill they control all information. We'll be left with the DOF(Dept of Truth) to tell us what to believe.

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007

It is blatantly obvious that the news is totally controlled. AOL is an excellent example of this. Try to post anything to an AOL board that is objective or has merit with content and meaning, and AOL deletes it within minutes. The trash posts remain. I have seen this happen many times as I have tried to post rational thoughts on their boards and they are deleted. They simply don’t want anyone voicing opinions that oppose their agendas.
This week was an extremely important week politically; yet, AOL chose to completely ignore any stories regarding the immigration bill defeat. I could not find an article that referred to it, yet it was perhaps the most important political defeat that has happened in the history of America. The people spoke, yet AOL (Time Warner) chose not to acknowledge that maybe people are in control.
So yes, this article is 100% correct. I was exposed to everything about Paris Hilton that I didn't need to know at all, nor did I care one bit about her, her jail term or anything else she doesn’t have to offer, yet Larry King decided she was so important that he gave her a whole hour of nothingness. My respect, what little I had anyway, for Larry King is down the tubes. That hour was the most pathetic display of news media low I have ever witnessed. The media has lost my attention.

There are, however, a few voices that appear out of control, such as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh, and maybe a couple others. Oh, yes, of course, Dr. Mercola. Without them, we would be in absolute darkness.

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007
Dear ReasonRules:
Regarding your statement, "...yet Larry King decided she was so important that he gave her a whole hour of nothingness. My respect, what little I had anyway, for Larry King is down the tubes. That hour was the most pathetic display of news media low I have ever witnessed...," should I assume that you actually watched the entire Larry King show or even a portion of it? If you did, why did you waste your time? You must have known ahead of the airing of this show that the whole thing would be a waste of time. If you did not watch it, my apologies for my assumption.

I would like to suggest that if you want to get at least some news from television, you should watch news shows on PBS television (that means, for you non-U.S. VitalVotes readers, the Public Broadcasting System, a network of stations that receive no direct corporate funding). News shows on PBS are at least much more balanced than what you will ever see on CBS/NBC/ABC/FOX/CNN.

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Posted On Jul 01, 2007
ReasonRules - you wrote -
There are, however, a few voices that appear out of control, such as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh, and maybe a couple others.  Oh, yes, of course, Dr. Mercola.  Without them, we would be in absolute darkness.

Sorry, but I think only Lou Dobbs (so far on immigration) and Dr. Mercola are operating without control.  The others make an appearance of not being controlled but if you listen closely enough and see the big picture, they are fully controlled by the media that pays them - not independent at all.  They are just there to provide a show of being "fair and balanced" while pushing the party line.  Be careful about buying into their spin - and that includes O'Reilly too!!

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Posted On Jun 12, 2007
With even the Bancroft's Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal allegedly in some beginner discussions, about buy out, from Rupert Murdock, yes the oligopoly is perceived to be shrinking.

However, print, TV and radio electronic media are so spun, any thinking individuals are tuning them off or out all together, and IGNORING them.

Essentially, these are dinosaurs, that have not just yet been buried; their century is OVER.

The future of information dissemination will be on line and wifi, as proven by "follow the money" with advertising revenue, moving to Google, and away from print (WSJ revenues are DOWN in the last few years).

Independent and vetted sites like Vital Votes are the state of the art place bloggers, for sure, but the rest of the world, soon, will be reading in real time, and interacting with, particularly when the $100 remote, wifi lap top are in the hands of the another 2 to 3 sixth's of the emerging globe in brain power, in the next 5 to 10 years.

The paradigm has shifted to the individual, you know it; the Murdock's don't.

"Who Is John Galt?"

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
I know who John Galt is!

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Posted On Jun 17, 2007
We are all John Galt, all who think independently, rationally, and critically.

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007
With the Murdock offer being turned over from the Bancroft family to the board of the company, seems likely that the sale will take place.

I agree with Russ, and this is why I love Mercola's site. The paradigm IS shifting in this country. There was a time when the Big Pharma, FDA, FTC and their deep pockets could shut down a company/business and drive it right out of this "democratic republic". Some of the early promoters of independent thinking and taking control of your own health set up their clinics in Mexico: Hoxsey, Hulda Clark, Kurt Donsbach etc.

The power is in the people. Even though there was an attempt to shut down Mercola's site on Tuesday, there is power in numbers! All websites and health blogs cannot be eliminated and just shut down!

Kudos to Mercola and let's all continue to drive others to his newsletter subscription, helping him reach that magic "tipping point" of 35 million!!

With the sleeping giant American public waking up the the inability of the FDA to protect us, we are becoming more and more empowered.

Here's to the magic number for Mercola! 35 million!!!!

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007
Hey Russ,   I just love reading your posts. I cannot say how glad I am to have found this site. My whole world has changed. Before making any firm conclusions - follow the MONEY. The paper trail won't lie. So many people today actually believe that big business of all kinds are for the public - the completely ignore (or simply are uneducated about) the investors.

A clip from a mass email I sent....  Remember - the Big Business companies & Pharmaceutical companies first goal is to make money for the investors - not to help the public or promote health. In fact, if the Pharmaceutical companies actually treated the causes of these illnesses, promoted prevention, and cured many of these ailments, they would go out of business because we would be well!

Big Business is there to make money for their investors as well. So what do they have to do to continue making money? They have to introduce new products, make them cheap & disposable so we keep buying them (why do we need disposable mop pads like the swiffer wet jet stuff?? A good mop and a little elbow grease is just as clean and much easier on your pocketbook) and use cheaper materials and labor to widen that profit margin.

That's just a short bit - if anyone wants the whole - email me katieannpc@yahoo.com  - will be glad to send it on. I did this trying to raise awareness to a sleeping (or pre-occupied) country.

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Posted On Jul 03, 2007
I do hope you are right, Russ, although I disagree with you about wifi (it makes me very sick). My recent travels in the States, though, have left me skeptical. The kind of people I interact with on blogs are different from the average people I met and talked to--and these are intelligent people with university degrees, professional careers and even professorships who are not watching TV or reading the normal media papers for their information. The media still have an enormous influence on their perceptions. I explained my health strategy to one friend who is not overweight but nonetheless prediabetic and relying on her doctors, though she can see clearly that there are various factors involved in blood sugar control that the doctors cannot explain. Regarding my supplementation with herbs and minerals, she said, "You were always the adventurous one. I could never do that!" She's been taken in by the vitamin scare. Perhaps we should consider giving medals to people for bravery in taking charge of their own health!

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Posted On Jan 07, 2008

2008 is poised to be a profoundly important year for media reform. Our first priority will be overturning the FCC's disastrous new ownership rules. Looking ahead, here are a few more things we could do with your help:   Stop Big Media, take action now.

 

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
In The Coporation DVD there's an excellent chapter about how media corporations shape the news.  It centres around Fox News's decision to distort / block the work of, and then fire, two reporters - because those reporters insisted on full disclosure of what they had found out about Monsanto's bovine growth hormone.

It was all a bit messy until eventually the two reporters sued their original employers under whistle-blower protection.  Fox appealed (with the support of five other major media corporations) and was successful in doing so and considered itself vindicated.

What Fox did not report to the public about their legal success was that the appeal judges discovered that it was NOT actually illegal to falsify the news.

The Coporation DVD is a rude awakening to anyone still naive enough to trust corporations.  And a strong 'wake-up' tool for those of us trying to enlighten friends and family.  Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Oscar Olivera, Noam Chomsky, Dr. Samuel Epstein, Dr Vandana Shiva and dozens of other contributors make this an exceptional piece of work.

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
I haven't seen the movie you are referring to but if it has Michael Moore in it then I definitely won't watch. Now don't get me wrong here, I am about uncovering things wrong with our country.  However, Michael Moore is what I would call controlled opposition.  He tells you about things that are important, but his solutions are AWFUL. 

I personally find Terrorstorm made by Alex Jones to be a nice wake up tool.

The first step in getting our country back is by realizing that Right wing and Left wing are controlled by the same people. Those networks people consider "liberal" or "conservative" are just falling for their propaganda.  The networks will follow a certain path to form opinions, but at the end of the day both the liberal and conservative networks are furthering their agenda together.  They can't do it without the other.

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
My sentiments exactly Birdlady. This whole liberal/conservative garbage is a game in my opinion. Ever heard the saying:
United we stand, Divided we fall? Keep us divided and we get absolutely nothing accomplished. Just a bunch of finger pointing and complaining.
The internet has a bunch of garbage on it but at least you get both sides of the story and with a little common sense and the ability to think on your own you can come to YOUR OWN conclusion, not someone else's.

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
Hello Sean-

I'm one of the reporters you are talking about,  and a regular Mercola viewer.  

the followup to the story is that Fox filed against us to recover its costs of defending itself AND WON--we had to pay them a six figure numberf! What a turn of justice after winning in court!
We've file a Petition to Deny the License of the station.  The FCC got it January 2, 2005.  Guess what the FCC has done?   Nothing.   Not even a, "thanks for filing" letter.  The station is allowed to operate as it always had...even with a pending Petition.     That's why I encourage people to keep on the FCC to grow some teeth.  Afterall these are OUR airwaves- they belong to the public.   Let's take them back!  Nice to meet you- jane a

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Posted On Jun 13, 2007
Birdlady, I think you're saying there is only one political party, and that we only have an ILLUSION of a two-party system.  Maybe the whole Democrat-Republican dualism is a staged show designed to distract and placate us.  This idea occured to me a few years ago when I was trying to create a futuristic world for my novel.  Then all of a sudden it hit me--maybe this is how it is now!

They both take bribes.  And why don't the Democrats speak up against what's going on?  Why did most of them vote for this war?  Is it because they're in on it too, or because they're afraid of dying in "mysterious" plane crashes?  I really want to know!

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Posted On Jun 14, 2007
Let's pray that people like Lord Black gets the justice they deserve; I am sincerely hoping he sees the walls of the USA penal institution, at least for a little while..preferrably the same time as a 'normal' person!!!
And I am hoping also that he vanishes back to the UK , as we certainly do not want him back in Canada!
He has successfully ruined our media here.

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Posted On Jun 14, 2007
Hi Birdlady. I'm not sure what you mean by MIchael Moore being "controlled opposition"... 

I've not come across people having issues with Moore's work before (he's not a big figure here in Ireland) but I am interested in learning.  Especially after seeing his reaction to Jones' questioning in TerrorStorm.

Thank you for the heads-up.

Moore is just 1 of some 40 contributors to The Corporation. He gets less than 10 mins air time out of the movie's 140.  Some Ex-CEO's and current CEO's of massive companies (e.g. Shell) seem to get more (one of whom openly describes he and his peers as plunderers of our earth). Seeing how these guys think and act is quite revealing.

Even more revealing for me was the way in which corporations are now gaining control of national budgets and governments.  Central to this is their unique legal position: the legal protection of a citizen -without the legal accountability or punishability of a citizen (eg how do you jail a corporation for fraud, assault or manslaughter exactly?).

Central to their efforts to get away with stuff is control of the media. Which is why there are now efforts being made to curtail internet usage...

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007
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The government can and does do horrible stuff, just look around. However that does not mean we do not need government nor does it mean they cannot do wonderful things.  We the people just need to keep on the ball and kick some butt when needed.  The idea that the country could run so much better if ungoverned is really quite ridiculous. 
if you think the common man is getting the shaft now just go ahead and turn it over to free market totally with no over sight.  I shudder!!  This everyone for themselves mentality is not what our fore fathers had in mind when they set up our government. As for the government being able to run anything Medicare is outstandingly run.  I work with Senior Citizens exclusively in the home health  arena and I can tell you Medicare is superbly managed.  We need to look at that model for everyone of all ages.  Is it expensive?  You bet but we the people are worth it!! All of us!!

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Posted On Jun 30, 2007
SunStrike - I am glad that you have had good experiences with Medicare. At the same time, I beg to differ with you. I don't believe that we should hand any more power to the government - especially on healthcare. That is just asking for the big corporations to take what little choices we have. We cannot forget who is paying our government people - Big Business and Big Pharma. 

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Posted On Jul 01, 2007
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The government has handed our health care on a silver platter to big business. Who do you think the Insurance companies are?  They are not run by the Government.  This stupid deal made by the idiot we call president with the Big Pharma is another story and yet another reason to dump him and his ilk as fast as humanly possible. But I digress!!  The area of health run by the Government is Medicare and it is far and away superior to what the private insurance companies are doling out to the masses.  What you are saying you want is exactly what we got!! Private insurance companies and big Pharma.  Frankly though no matter what health care system we have we still can be in control of our health and our choices. 

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Posted On Jul 02, 2007
Sunstrike.....oh, you are so funny!  It's nice to hear someone else with the same views on our so-called "leader" LOL. I agree that what we have isn't good - at the same time, I don't think the government would do any better. At least with what we have, the government cannot cut care. On the other hand - the insurance companies don't want to pay out more than they have to, so we have to jump through hoops to get what we need. Which actually makes so much more crap work for the doctor's offices.

I do think that making the healthcare insurance non-profit & client - owned would be good. (in theory anyway) Not to say there wouldn't be drawbacks - we will have that no matter what. I would gladly "buy-in" to an insurance agency that will cover my family's healthcare as I choose to care for my family. I don't want to be told what to do or whom to see.

I would love nothing more than to bank what we pay in every week for healthcare - we could pay the doctors directly and get better care. So far, we are healthy and I plan to keep us that way. At the moment, I feel that we are paying in the $400 range monthly for nothing. If I banked that, we could cover just about all the expenses we have on a regular basis with plenty to spare. The only drawback to this would be cancer or a terrible emergency type deal that runs into the hundreds of thousands. Even with insurance we would be paying out the rear end for this care.

Anyway....I really don't like any of our choices. Healthcare now sucks, making it government controlled is asking for trouble, and banking your bucks gives you the fight of your life when you need the care because no one wants to take you without insurance..........*sigh*

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