Comments on: The Inside Scoop from a Former News Gal http://motherguilt.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherguilt.com%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fthe-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal%2F%23comment-&seed_title=The+Inside+Scoop+from+a+Former+News+Gal This is not your mother's motherhood Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:38:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Laura http://motherguilt.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherguilt.com%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fthe-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal%2F%23comment-7&seed_title=The+Inside+Scoop+from+a+Former+News+Gal/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Laura Fri, 01 May 2009 05:21:18 +0000 http://motherguilt.com/word/wordpress/2009/04/30/the-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal/#comment-7 <p>I have never been an editor so you have much more experience around those tables than me. But it seems that the collusion isn’t amongst the editors but from the managing companies that own the news agencies, newspaper or television. When GE or Rupert Murdoch want to create a certain business culture in their “asset” companies it isn’t companies that make cornflakes or cell phones. These asset companies are supposed to report the news, the facts, the truth. These “asset” companies used to be independent the way <span class="caps">PBS</span> likes us to believe they still are. Why is that independence important? There is no one to be beholden to – there is no business culture to maintain. The truth is not diluted by corporate buzzwords or political correctness or <span class="caps">CEO</span>’s or market shares and dividends. That is the collusion that is, I believe, most heinous. Is there anyway to measure this or prove it? Yes, by carefully sifting through what they tell us and comparing it to the congressional records or other public records like Commondreams.org has. They have pointed out these inaccuracies time and time again. So how does this happen? At Fox news it happened through memos and emails. Does it have to be so obvious – what happens at water coolers or board meetings or in the other daily encounters with the managing corporate body? And when so many news outlets are all owned by the same managing company or the same person it is hard for me to beleive that they maintain that independence so necessary to truth.</p> <p>As Amy Goodman says, there is only one profession protected under the Constitution ….</p> I have never been an editor so you have much more experience around those tables than me. But it seems that the collusion isn’t amongst the editors but from the managing companies that own the news agencies, newspaper or television. When GE or Rupert Murdoch want to create a certain business culture in their “asset” companies it isn’t companies that make cornflakes or cell phones. These asset companies are supposed to report the news, the facts, the truth. These “asset” companies used to be independent the way PBS likes us to believe they still are. Why is that independence important? There is no one to be beholden to – there is no business culture to maintain. The truth is not diluted by corporate buzzwords or political correctness or CEO’s or market shares and dividends. That is the collusion that is, I believe, most heinous. Is there anyway to measure this or prove it? Yes, by carefully sifting through what they tell us and comparing it to the congressional records or other public records like Commondreams.org has. They have pointed out these inaccuracies time and time again. So how does this happen? At Fox news it happened through memos and emails. Does it have to be so obvious – what happens at water coolers or board meetings or in the other daily encounters with the managing corporate body? And when so many news outlets are all owned by the same managing company or the same person it is hard for me to beleive that they maintain that independence so necessary to truth.

As Amy Goodman says, there is only one profession protected under the Constitution ….

]]> By: Bob http://motherguilt.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherguilt.com%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fthe-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal%2F%23comment-6&seed_title=The+Inside+Scoop+from+a+Former+News+Gal/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Bob Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:49:12 +0000 http://motherguilt.com/word/wordpress/2009/04/30/the-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal/#comment-6 <p>So does anyone make a porkphylactic mask that also provides butt protection in a pinch?</p> <p>Just curious.</p> So does anyone make a porkphylactic mask that also provides butt protection in a pinch?

Just curious.

]]> By: Janet Benton http://motherguilt.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherguilt.com%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fthe-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal%2F%23comment-5&seed_title=The+Inside+Scoop+from+a+Former+News+Gal/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Janet Benton Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:36:34 +0000 http://motherguilt.com/word/wordpress/2009/04/30/the-inside-scoop-from-a-former-news-gal/#comment-5 <p>You tell it, sista. Great Blog.</p> You tell it, sista. Great Blog.

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