Before
the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump was gaveled into
session, Chief Justice John Roberts presided over a swearing-in ceremony
where all 100 senators pledged to be impartial jurors. The liberal media
zeroed in on that pledge and decried Senate Republicans who seemed to be
siding with the President.
But a Media Research Center study of broadcast evening news coverage of
the opening arguments of both sides, found ABC, CBS, and NBC did not live
up to the standard they demanded of Republicans. They gave Democrats
double the airtime and showered their arguments with mostly praise, while
expressing only criticism of the President’s legal team.
Between Wednesday, January 22, when Democratic House impeachment managers
launched their opening arguments, and Tuesday, January 28, when the
President’s defense team rested, evening newscast reporters and anchors
made a total of 34 evaluative statements about the
merits and effectiveness of both sides.
Democratic impeachment managers received a total of 21
evaluative statements from ABC, CBS, and NBC journalists. Of
that total, 95 percent of those (20) touted their
efforts and presentations, which means only one of their evaluative
comments were negative. ABC’s World News Tonight had eight
positive comments, CBS Evening News had five, and NBC
Nightly News seven. NBC had the lone negative comment.
In stark contrast, every evaluative statement from reporters and anchors
about the merits and effectiveness of Trump’s defense team were negative.
Of the 13 total statements, ABC and CBS each had five
with NBC pitching in with three.
The networks would roundly tear down the arguments Trump’s legal team was
making despite the evidence they would present. When Trump lawyer Michael
Purpura argued with evidence that the President was long interested in
burden-sharing when it came to Ukraine’s defense, CBS chief congressional
correspondent Nancy Cordes tried to shoot it down by saying, “Those claims
run counter to witness testimony.” A common assertion by the networks.
After the manuscript of former National Security Advisor John Bolton was
leaked, Holt announced that the book “contradicts his defense.” Moments
later, NBC chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson seemed to poke
at how Trump’s lawyers were addressing senators by not “the elephant in
the room.”
On day
one on the Democratic arguments, they roundly praised how prosecutors were
using the words of the President’s defenders against him. “But Chairman
Jerry Nadler tried to dismantle that argument using one of the President’s
top defenders to make the case,” said ABC senior congressional
correspondent Mary Bruce. CBS Evening News anchor Norah
O’Donnell echoed: “House managers laid out their case to remove Mr. Trump
from office, at times using his own words against him.”
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt opened the segment for day
two of Democratic arguments by suggesting they were “painting a damning
portrait of the President.”
The lone negative evaluation for Democrats came from NBC News political
director Chuck Todd on Saturday, January 25, when he shared his
frustrations with how the managers seemed to be unable to convince Senate
Republicans to vote for more witnesses:
You don’t really any shifts. And if anything, I think before this trial
began, I thought they had a good shot at getting witnesses and maybe at
least extending this a little bit … I think it’s pretty clear that Mitch
McConnell has convinced them … it’s not worth it.”
Along with that heavy praise for House impeachment managers came a
sizable boost in the amount of airtime allowed for their side. More than
double, in fact.
In all, the networks covered the Democratic managers for almost 25
minutes (24:57). That’s compared to the 11 minutes and
34 seconds they gave to President Trump’s defense team. The
most wildly imbalanced was CBS Evening News, which gave seven
minutes, 42 seconds for Democrats and skimped on Trump’s team with two
minutes and 26 seconds.
ABC gave Democrats the most time at nine minutes, 25 seconds. Contrast
that with the five minutes and 21 seconds they gave the Trump team. NBC
allocated seven minutes, 50 seconds for Democrats, while giving three
minutes, 47 seconds to the defense.
With the liberal media’s demand that Republicans be impartial in hearing
the case, it was clearly more of a ‘do as I say, not as I do’ suggestion.
Jun
1, 2016Several other billionaires, including Comcast CEO
Brian Roberts and Liberty Media Chairman John Malone, own or
control cable TV networks that are powerful but not primarily
news focused.
In 1983, 50
corporations controlled most of the American media,
including magazines, books, music, news feeds, newspapers,
movies, radio and television. By 1992 that number had dropped by
half.
GE does not own NBC (or
Comcast or any media) anymore. So that 6th company is now
Comcast. So that 6th company is now Comcast. And Time Warner doesn't
own AOL , so Huffington Post isn't affiliated ...
News Corp is the
media conglomerate best known for its line of Fox companies.
Those include Fox News, FX, and pretty much every other
company with the name "Fox" in it. The company generated more than
$33 billion in 2012, and it controls a huge number of print
products compared to other media conglomerates.
Massive corporations
dominate the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of
mergers and acquisitions, these companies have concentrated their control
over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these companies control
everything from initial production to final distribution. In these
interactive charts (xlsx) we reveal who owns what.
Mar
21, 2016Each week we'll be exploring current stories in
international news, by examining the facts, providing
historical context, and outlining the key players involved.
Traditional media
giants are racing to consolidate in the face of tech industry
disruption. Can they retain control of the medium and the
message? Welcome to Hollywood, AT&T. The company that most
people associate with mobile phones entered show business in June
when a U.S.
May
28, 2016And long before Mr. Murdoch, there was one William
Randolph Hearst, who defined what it meant to be a media
mogul. But there is a difference between Hearst and the many
billionaires who are trying to control today's news
media, said David Nasaw, the author of the great Hearst
biography "The...
May
21, 2013#4 The Mainstream Media And The Politicians
That They Worship Hate The Fact That They Cannot Control
Internet News Sites In the old days, the mainstream media
had a virtual monopoly on the news. But these days, anyone
with an Internet connection can put up a news site, and this
is driving the establishment absolutely bonkers.
At NBC, now owned by
General Electric, NBC News president Andrew Lack is a Jew,
as are executive producers Jeff Zucker (Today), Jeff Gralnick (NBC
Nightly News), and Neal Shapiro (Dateline). The Print Media
After television news, daily newspapers are the most
influential information medium in America.
The media's
the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make
the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
Because they control the minds of the masses. Malcom X
I spent my time drinking and staring at a television in the airport
bar.
Dec
8, 2017Who owns the media in France? This
apparently simple question is actually very complex, according to the
findings of this survey, which was carried out for RSF by Julia Cagé,
a specialist in media economics.
15 Jun 6 Corporations Control
90% Of The Media In America. Posted at 4:49 pm in Advertising,
Branding, Marketing by Brian. ... Morris Creative Group LLC ...
Oct
25, 2001Who Controls The U.S. Media?
There is no greater power in the world today than that wielded by the
manipulators of public opinion in America. No king or pope of old, no
conquering general or high priest ever disposed of a power even
remotely approaching that of the few dozen men who control
America's mass news and entertainment media.
The explanation is
surprisingly simple: There aren't numerous US mass media news
sources at all; there are just five. Five giant corporations control
90 percent of US mass media. And direct links connect all five
of these media conglomerates to the political establishment
and the economic and political power-elites of the United States.
The media's
reporting on the scandals has provided the public insights into the
operations of the incestuous relationship between the press and the
government. Such revelations clearly suggest the corporate media
is telegraphing to the public the American government has just gone
way too far out of control.
There is no greater power
in the world today than that wielded by the manipulators of public
opinion in America. No king or pope of old, no conquering general or
high priest ever disposed of a power even remotely approaching that of
the few dozen men who control America's mass media of
news and entertainment.
Currently, five
corporations control roughly 90% of the media. [2] [3]
Critics allege that localism , local news and other content at
the community level, media spending and coverage of news,
and diversity of ownership and views have suffered as a result of
these processes of media concentration.
Media Reform
Coalition. Media Reform coordinates the work of advocacy
groups campaigning to protect the public interest in light of the
Leveson Inquiry and Communications Review.
Nov
8, 2016Row over Prince Harry's girlfriend reveals fine line
between royals' more open press relations and desire for image control.
... Who controls whom? The monarchy v the media ... News
& Media ...
It matters that the
Judaists (commonly referred to as "Jews") control the
media (and the govt.) because they have an ulterior motive-to
destroy American by inciting the alien invasion, pornography,
miscegenation, homosexuality and pushing laws to imprison Christians
and gain power through the divide and conquer strategy.
The media
misconception that some people including politicians try to convey is
that in media companies across the country, there are secret
meetings that take place, where reporters are given orders on how to
slant the news so that there's a liberal political benefit.
The term media
mogul refers to an individual who owns a significant share of a media
company, arguably providing them with significant control over
that company's media content. The classic example of a media
mogul is Rupert Murdoch, who owns a number of newspapers and TV
broadcasting companies around the world.
Jul
19, 2012Cosmic Convergence Research Group. This is an
extremely important question because whoever does control the
Mainstream Media (MSM) does control the
world.. However, the stark reality is that it is impossible to know
just who it is that controls the MSM from the very
peak of the pinnacle of the pyramid of worldly power.
Jun
6, 2013Abby Martin goes over the 6 corporations that control
nearly everything in the mainstream media, and discusses a few
of the most famous cases of media censorship with BTS
producer, Manuel Rapalo.
Controls over media
ownership in Australia are laid down in the Broadcasting Services Act
1992, administered by the Australian Communications and Media
Authority (ACMA). Even with laws in place Australia has a high
concentration of media ownership.
the consequences
of who owns the media.7 The public interest theory predicts that the
more "benign" or "public-spirited" governments should have higher
levels of media ownership and that the consequence of such
ownership is greater freedom of the press, more economic and political
freedom, and better social outcomes.
The media
were introduced into new realities: the market economy, the
end of ideological control of the Communist Party, political
pluralism, the development of new public institutions, et al.
Fascinated by the seemingly ideal Western model of the press, Russian
media borrowed most of its characteristics: freedom of speech,
private ownership of ...
Oct
21, 2017Gun control and gun rights is one of our most
divisive issues, and there are legitimate points on both sides. But media
is obsessed with the gun-control side and gives only scant,
mostly negative ...
