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Originally Posted by Schwa
The point of this study was to come to the conclusion that people are skeptical about hybrids. The questions are misleading and the headline reflects their bias. The Chicken Noodle Network was never much of an independent news source, you get the spin big business wants.
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I think that when you are watching CNN, you are getting the spin that they want and that their editors want. Who said anything about big business? Toyota and Honda are both big businesses. Ford is a big business. Most major manufacturers and consumer products organizations are "big business". And guess what, big business employs millions of people who then buy stuff and support households and middle class life. Without big business those millions would be out on the street and you can imagine what kind of impact that would have on an economy.
I suppose what I'm getting at is that big business isn't inherently evil. Nor is foreign big business more responsible or forward thinking than domestic big business (there's just a lot more government intervention in their operations and policies, usually reducing their ability to compete and innovate).
I don't mind it when folks have a problem with how news is reported or the skew it is given by editors and writers, however I really dislike it when the activities of the major media are then blamed on totally unrelated influences. Skew in the media is created by media types not by uninterested outside players.
Advertisers have the right to pay for advertising on stations which are aligned with their viewpoint, however if you think that an advertiser has pull, the only they pull they have is their advertising dollars. There certainly isn't a representative of "big business" in every news studio control room censoring or skewing the news. That is just ludicrous.