“I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.” ThinkingCertainCoursesInterestSpecialReaderNewsOrganizationYeahPressesProfitCommunicateBiasViewersSpecial Interests Author:Mark McKinnon
“Sure enough, as merger has followed merger, journalism has been driven further down the hierarchy of values in the huge conglomerates that dominate what we see, read and hear. And to feed the profit margins journalism has been directed to other priorities than "the news we need to know to keep our freedoms"” KnowsNeedsHas BeensEnoughValuesHugeNewsProfitDrivenPrioritiesJournalismHierarchyMarginsMergersProfit Margin Author:Bill Moyers
“If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.” IfsThinkingMenDoeInterestTearsNewsProfitImpatienceNational Interests Author:Jimmy Breslin