The
Elite Media
John C. Merrill wrote The Elite Press.
Noam Chomsky said, “It’s the agenda-setting media”
That sets “the framework in which everyone else
operates”
Media like the New York Times, Washington Post,
And the Wall Street Journal are elite newspapers
CBS, NBC, and ABC are TV networks
That also comes to mind
So are PBS, CNN, and Fox News
But all these news sources are controlled by
corporations
They are in the business of selling audiences
But there’s a difference with these news
organizations
Some are considered right-wing
While others are said to lean to the left
Chomsky is thought of as being on the left
Bill O’ Reilly of Fox News is on the right side of
the spectrum
The New York Times and CBS appeal to a privileged
group -
Managers, corporate executives, and university
professors
While Fox News influences right-wing
Opinion leaders, evangelicals, and conservatives
Time and Newsweek stand out as magazines of
prominence.
But all the elite sources are battling the rise of
misinformation
That has been more prevalent throughout the Trump
administration
Politico has found 70 percent of Republicans believe
The 2020 elections results between Trump and Biden
to be false
But the elite press and social media are pushing to
clear the air of such distortions
“God, grant us the insight to determine what’s true
in the market place of ideas. Help
American media officials to counter all falsehood with their political stories,
by presenting the facts to their audience.”
Amen
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