AmeriKa no longer a Constitutional Repbulic-

[Mogli]

[Dylan]

[Dylan]

[The Dharma Bum]

[Dylan]

There are flaws with mainstream media but typically speaking when a few websites with an agenda report a "fact" that is quite startling and unreported by any of the major outlets it usually turns out to.not be a fact at all.

[The Dharma Bum]

Chomsky points out that the problem is systemic, an overall conceptual flaw, not a few superficial items that should be ignored

mass media represents a form of controlled dissemination of information rather free transmission of information

in our society information is not free, it's tightly controlled by a host of cultural and legal structures. Case in point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

the current political situation is not what is advertising by the implied social contract, so it's rapidly losing credibility

If this wasn't true would you really be on a political forum telling people you can trust Fox News?

[Dylan]

Nothing you just said relates to my post.

[The Dharma Bum]

an assortment of facts doesn't necessarily equal good information, which is the basis of your claim that Fox news and the like are credible sources of information

that is simply not the purpose of mass media

[Dylan]

[exploited]

Good to have you back Dharma.