Media Ownership

Of journalists support multiculturalism

A. The EUSSR/USASSR Media hegemony

"[In the West] unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without any need for an official ban."

George Orwell, UK writer

Why the Western media does not always report everything that is going on in the world. How language is used to obscure the facts and mold opinion.

Living in Western Europe we are told that the news media (television, newspapers, radio) are free. It is certainly true that there are few government conspiracies to censor. Unlike in totalitarian countries, the media is not generally state run or controlled. However this is not the full story. Because the media is part of the global economy, there are certain properties that deny readers, viewers and listeners a balanced view of world events.

There are six reasons why a balanced view of world events is not generally received in the Western European media:

This is covered already (see other chapter).

Most newspapers, television and radio stations are owned by large and powerful multi-national companies.

In the USA, NBC and CBS (two television companies) are owned by international conglomerates such as General Electric and Westinghouse all supporting globalism and multiculturalism. Time-Warner and CNN merged in the late 1990s to form one of the largest news and media monopolies in the world, they too support globalism and multiculturalism.

Stories that highlight problems related to multiculturalism and globalism are completely ignored. Stories that help the interests of the media owners and propagate globalism and multiculturalism are given prominence.

One man, John Malone, owns 23% of the world's cable stations. His Discovery Channel commissions programs after "market approval" and avoids "controversial subjects". The phrase "dumbing down" has entered the language as television concentrates on gossip and celebrity stories rather than serious issues.

The situation is similar in Western Europe. In the UK,News International (a company mostly owned by Rupert Murdoch) owns several newspapers (including The Times and The Sun), Sky Television (a major European satellite operator), Star Television (covering Asia) and publishers like Harper Collins.

In 1998, Rupert Murdoch owned 34% of the daily newspapers and 37% of the Sunday newspapers in the UK. Successive UK governments have allowed his empire to grow in return for his media's support.

53% of UK newspaper and magazine distribution is controlled by just two companies, WH Smith and John Menzies.

Cross-media ownership and the fact that a small number of people own so many of our means of obtaining information is a threat as it institutionalises globalism and multiculturalism.

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