Television,
sad day for you. We don't need you anymore. This revolution is
progressing whether you like it, or, whether you cover it or not.
On the
occasion of Bernie Sanders' exclusion by the corporate media, The Young Turks presented a protest by people outside
CNN's Los Angeles headquarters. Then, TYT host, Cenk Uygur, explained
why the Revolution will not be televised and why we don't need
corporate media anymore.
From the
description on the YouTube video:
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Over the
weekend there was a protest of CNN in Los Angeles. They wanted to
protest the company’s Bernie Sanders black out. Their concerns
are justified. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it
down.
On Sunday, more than 1,000
protesters voiced their anger over CNN's lack of Bernie Sanders
coverage at the network's Los Angeles headquarters. The protest
against the "Bernie blackout" comes a week after Sanders
took Hawaii, Washington and Alaska by large margins in the
primaries on Western Saturday, which CNN downplayed.
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Uygur
provided some interesting information concerning the time coverage of
Sanders, Clinton and Trump by the media:
“According
to one tally of nightly broadcast network news during the 2015
primary season, Sanders received a total of 20 minutes of coverage,
compared to Clinton’s 121 minutes and Trump’s 327.” (NY
Times)
and
“Another
study that focused solely on network coverage showed Sanders
receiving 6 percent of the coverage Trump did on network news in
2015, and 16.5 percent that of Clinton.” (Alternet)
The most
impressive here is not that Sanders has so little time coverage
compared to the other two. This was something, more or less,
expected. The most impressive, is that Donald Trump, who is promoted
as "anti-establishment", takes more time coverage in the
media, even compared to the definitely-pro-establishment Hillary
Clinton!
Which is
another strong indication to our estimation that Trump
is only a reserve of the establishment.
But, the
most significant conclusion arrives when Uygur explains, simple and
straight, why the Revolution will not be televised:
Television
is part of the establishment, and of course, they (corporate media)
will not televise a revolution that will overthrow them. Luckily,
now, it doesn't have to be televised, you can get it livestream in a
number of alternative internet channels (like The Young Turks), or
through the social media (Facebook, YouTube etc.).
So, finally,
Uygur sent his message to the corporate media (as many of us would
like to do):
“Television,
sad day for you. We don't need you anymore. This revolution is
progressing whether you like it, or, whether you cover it or not.”
Watch
the video:
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Same imbalance in Australian television coverage of US politics - it's almost entirely about Trump and Clinton.
ReplyDeleteThe mainstream media needs to be informed: Either they begin providing full and unbiased coverage, or they will be boycotted.
ReplyDeleteFusion has picked up The Young Turks show.
ReplyDeleteFusion is owned by Univision.
Univision is owned by Hiam Saban.
Saban is Hillary Clinton's LARGEST single campaign donor.