Comments on: Bourne claws Catwoman http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1991 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:59:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1991/comment-page-1#comment-3695 Reader's Write Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:43:28 +0000 #comment-3695 "...the power of the entertainment industry's control over the media in the US..." They are one and the same. The entertainment industry IS the media. Keep in mind, apart from what you can experience directly, the media is your world. What's going on in Iraq? What they show & tell you. You gonna fly there and find out different? The "media" is King. “…the power of the entertainment industry’s control over the media in the US…”

They are one and the same. The entertainment industry IS the media. Keep in mind, apart from what you can experience directly, the media is your world. What’s going on in Iraq? What they show & tell you. You gonna fly there and find out different? The “media” is King.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1991/comment-page-1#comment-3660 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:50:49 +0000 #comment-3660 It's too bad that the news and entertainment industries are in bed together. The media conglomerates like Disney, Viacom , Fox and AOL Time Warner all own news outlets, and unfortunately most people get their news from TV, so we can't just turn the page when bombarded with the usual fluff. Just to list one example, on CBS news, they have run a lot of stories about their own CBS television shows ('Survivor' certainly comes to mind) have profiled on 6o minutes books by their subsidiary Simon & Schuster, as well stories about Paramount movies. Since they can get away with it, why not promote their own products and call it "news"? Ingenious, huh? It’s too bad that the news and entertainment industries are in bed together. The media conglomerates like Disney, Viacom , Fox and AOL Time Warner all own news outlets, and unfortunately most people get their news from TV, so we can’t just turn the page when bombarded with the usual fluff.

Just to list one example, on CBS news, they have run a lot of stories about their own CBS television shows (’Survivor’ certainly comes to mind) have profiled on 6o minutes books by their subsidiary Simon & Schuster, as well stories about Paramount movies.

Since they can get away with it, why not promote their own products and call it “news”? Ingenious, huh?

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