chambanadude

Hey David, thanks for doing this!

Regarding openness in the mainstream media here in the United States, what do you think about what many say is the need for journalists (who hope for successful careers) to provide positively-spun coverage of sacrosanct topics like Israel, the U.S. military, U.S. hegemony, etc.?

Do you think corporate media owners want reporters who they trust will cover foreign policy issues from a pro-government angle/pro-establishment view of maintaining U.S. extra-regional hegemony?

Are reporters who seek to provide serious analysis of the motives of the war planners in the White House and the Pentagon generally shunned?

Thanks!

Alternative media definitely is out there. But it seems to me when it comes to the mainstream media (network news, most cable news programs, big news sites) that most of the population pays attention to, the messaging seems almost controlled and reflexively in line with government/Pentagon interests 90% of the time.