Looking at the plummeting ratings for network news, and the cratering financials at newspapers, the deal here, IMHO, is that they’ve freely decided to chuck whatever shreds of credibility they may have left to shill for Obama because, like the state governments of CA and IL, their very survival depends upon getting bailouts in a second Obama term.
It wouldn’t surprise me that the media is staying afloat with stimulus money. They have no concern about the actual business of their industry cause obama is propping them up.
What’s sick to watch is the media openly campaigning for a dictator in sheep’s clothing. They have no clue what a dictator would do to them with enough power.
All true, what you say here, Mr. McFrog.
The media, for some time now, has cared not a whit about credibility.
I believe the fiscal realities are forcing their hand, especially in the run-up to this election. For financial reasons, this race simply had to be close for all legacy media.
If the truth were told-that this race has been over since the 2010 mid-terms-then the massive revenues from ads in print and broadcast, will not have occurred.
The media, including Fox News and the Wall-Street Journal, have joined with the pollsters to paint this race as close. It's never been about credibility, it's about relevance and financial survival.
Eventually companies, what’s left of them, will stop advertising since the viewers have no money to spend. When that happens the government will step in and it will become a truly stated owned media.