hmmm

[skywise]

corporate execs who give the advertisers orders..
news media choosing what to cover and what not to..or perhaps I should say new media editors who tell their reporters what or what not to cover..
Hollywood..

[skywise]

ah quibble..I meant this as a reply to the social engineering thread but must have hit the create new thread button by mistake.. sorry.[6)]

[selfAdjoint]

Yeah, but it's sufficiently distinct to deserve its own thread. Why are the media part of the problem when the claim to be, and wish to be, part of the solution?

Look at the ownership. All the city papers and networks and TV stations in the US are owned by a few big corporations. Why would you expect a big corporation to behave like it wasn't one?