Who pulls the Strings of the Multi-Million Dollar Mass Media Industry?
Who pulls the strings of the mass media industry? It is not easy to answer this question. One must look at the power of mass media which controls the information superhighway. It is indeed mind-boggling! Media today are a multi-million dollar industry controlled by large corporate multinationals and individuals. They are not only economically the most lucrative from the point of view of profit, but have strong political ideology and act as powerful forces controlling the world today. Take for instance the way the worlds leading news agencies collect and distribute information. News about events in the developing world passes through these agencies situated in the West before it reaches various countries of the world. The agencies claim that news needs “to be edited”. In fact, the process acts as a filter through which news undergoes careful selection, receives new emphasis, issues change perspective. Often violence, human misery and poverty get disproportionately highlighted. Events ar
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