Comments by "dixon pinfold" (@dixonpinfold2582) on "John Anderson Media"
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Yes, and there's more: depending on the country, a majority of people, even a strong majority, believe that those who questioned government actions were (and are) completely wrong. A probable majority of those simply regard them as dangerous political radicals. In regions of some countries it might be 75% or more who believe that their strict-regime governments committed few errors. It was an extraordinary collaboration (or conspiracy, depending on your point of view) of government, industry and media. The media were the lynchpin, and I regard them as the leading power in the rich democratic world.
Yes, the combined power of the media, along with Big Social Media which itself is a major conduit of news, now outstrips that of elected governments, for they have shown that they can at times—most of the time, it may be—install and remove governments nearly at will (although the elections still fall on time). Governments, in contrast, can do virtually nothing about the news media for constitutional reasons. And not much more about social media, with some notable exceptions. Thus the media decidedly have the upper hand. Simply put, journalism is now the most powerful profession, the most powerful institution. And the most powerful business.
Thus the most power, though not most power, is in the hands of those who own and control the news media/Big Social Media. I think that this development merits absolutely unrestricted scrutiny and absolutely unrestricted discussion.
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