#1044 Working to maintain the status quo (Media)

Air Date: 09-23-2016

Today we look at some of the ways our corporate media work to ignore widespread disaffection and real issues in favor of fluff, argument and ineffectual neutrality

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: Media ignores widespread disaffection with political system - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 6-3-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Messages - Xavier Rudd

Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Don't We Hear About Real Issues On The News? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 08-17-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: My Conversation - The Uniques

Ch. 6: Act 3: Independent Media In Danger, Allegations of YouTube Censorship - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 09-02-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: I Love You Money - Lowell

Ch. 8: Act 4: Crisis Engulfs Fox News as Roger Ailes Sexual Harrassment & Spying Scandal Grows - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 08-11-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: Abuse of Power - Lion of Light

Ch. 10: Act 5: CNN's morally bankrupt hiring of former Trump campaign staffer - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 7-1-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: That’s All - Clare and the Reasons

Ch. 12: Act 6: The media and political parties collude to make debates profitable and worthless - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 9-10-16

Ch. 13: Song 6: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote

Ch. 14: Act 7: A Recent History of Political Lies - On The Media - Air Date 7-8-16

Voicemails

Ch. 15: Working with Central Americans - Justin from Mitchell, Indiana

Ch. 16: The migration story replays itself over and over again - Justin from Mitchell, Indiana

Ch. 17: How can a community hold an abuser accountable? - Megan from Baltimore

Ch. 18: We have ourselves to blame for the media - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

Ch. 19: Final comments on the degree to which I hate cable news channels

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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Timothy Scanlon commented 2016-09-24 15:14:06 -0400
Thanks so much for this, Jay. I’ve been saying for effin’ YEARS that the commercial media don’t cover ISSUES. For example, Re: elections, they’ve become horse races. And MSNBC is no less responsible than others. What’s RELEVANT? You ain’t gonna find it on commercial media.

For a long time I’ve posted silly pics and memes about how Faux Noose found women “qualified” to be commenators on the channel. It turns out they were ACCURATE!!!