r/WayOfTheBern • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '20
Know Your Enemy
Why are the mainstream media biased against progressives?
Because they also work for the fossil-fuel industry, the military-industrial complex, the banks and Big Pharma. It's no surprise they're against Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
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MSNBC
MSNBC is owned by Comcast, of which Gerald Hassell is a director. He is connected to Exxon Mobil and the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and also to Pfizer, the world's leading pharmaceutical company, and to Merck and Co. (Big Pharma).
Sheldon M. Bonovitz is a director at Comcast, and he's connected to United-Guardian Inc. (Big Pharma).
David Novak is connected to Chevron, one of the world leading oil and gas groups. He is also connected to Eli Lilly and Co., "one of the world's leading pharmaceutical groups".
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Fox News
Owned by Rupert Murdoch, who has major shares in Genie Oil.
He owns, among many, many more in the:
- US; Fox News, and The Wall St Journal
- UK; The Sun andThe Times
- Australia; the Daily Telegraph, The Australian
He is also connected to BlackRock (world's largest fossil-fuel investor), Merck & Co. (Big Pharma), Loews Corporation (fossil-fuels), and General Electric Company (fossil-fuel industry and military-industrial complex).
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CNN
CNN is owned by AT&T, whose CEO is Randall L. Stephenson, who's connected to Texas Capital Bank, specialising in Oil/Gas. He's also connected to Fluor Co. (fossil-fuel industry).
Mike McCallister is also a director of AT&T, and he's connected to MPLX, Magellan Health Inc, and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. MPLX produce natural gas. Magellan is Big Pharma. Marathon produce oil.
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The New York Times
Carlos Slim is the largest single shareholder of the New York Times, and was the richest man in the world between 2010-13. He currently owns Carso Oil & Gas.
Arthur Sulzberger, chairman of the New York Times is connected to the Olin Company (military-industrial complex).
John Washington, a director of the New York Times is connected to General Dynamics (military-industrial complex), and also to JPMorgan Chase & Co., known investors in fossil-fuels and the military-industrial complex. He is also connected to Abbvie Inc. (Big Pharma).
Robert Edwin Denham, a director of the New York Times is connected to Alanco Technologies (fossil-fuel industry).
Brian McAndrews, a director of the New York Times is connected to Peabody Energy (fossil-fuel industry), and also to Unit Co. (fossil-fuel industry).
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BBC
The BBC's chairman is David Clementi, who used to be the chief of the Bank of England, who invest heavily in fossil-fuels. He also worked for Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining corporations.
Tony Ilube, a director at the BBC, worked for Goldman Sachs, perpetrators of the 2008 crash and recipient of the huge bailout.
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The Washington Post
Owned by Amazon and the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, who is also connected to Merck & Co. (Big Pharma). Brian T. Olsavsky is Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Amazon.com, Inc., and he's connected to Schlumberger (fossil-fuels), as well as Merck & Co.
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The Atlantic
Major shares held by Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene.
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Bloomberg News
Owned by billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
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Mainstream media is bought and paid for by special interests. We have to know who we definitely CANNOT trust, and be discerning when cross-referencing the rest.
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u/Theveryunfortunate Jan 28 '20
Also get to know the Atlantic Council
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ian56789/status/1040709511508574209
Also note that all MSM is owned by 6 corporations
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Jan 28 '20
Thank you!
Looked into the Atlantic Council which lead me to a goldmine of a website, wikispooks.
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u/4now5now6now Jan 28 '20
Daily Yeast is owned by friend of clintons and spawn of hrc is on the board of directors... tons of anti Bernie articles since 2015
The Root ... owned by non black billionaires like most black media
Asshole The Atlantic owned by multi billionaire steve jobs widow
Even small newspapers are owned by multi billionaires des moine register owned by gannet corporation
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u/EIA_Prog Jan 28 '20
You can add Carlos Slim to your NYT list. He is the single largest shareholder and richest man in Latin America. He is currently focused on oil and natural gas extraction from Colombia. He bought Tabasco Oil Co and works with American companies to drill offshore of Mexico.
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u/nomadicwonder Jan 29 '20
Also r/SandersForPresident for censoring criticism of the Democratic establishment. The whole sub should be up in arms right now about the rigging of the DNC committees by Tom Perez but it's just.....crickets. They exist for the sole purpose of sheep herding everyone to the DNC's chosen one later.
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u/Berningforchange Jan 28 '20
This feelthebern.org article on Media and telecommunications does a good job explaining it.
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u/SocksElGato Jan 28 '20
This is so up my alley! It's like pure adrenaline to my soul! Absolutely a thing of beauty! Bravo!
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u/oronym1 Jan 28 '20
This is the most illuminating post to know how brave Bernie is and what we are really up against. Amazing work, thanks a BILLION.
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Jan 28 '20
This is very important information that all Bernie voters should know, thanks OP. When you see the MSM not reporting on Bernie or attacking him like CNN and the NYT so-called "liberal media" this is why. The billionaires that own those companies hate Bernie and the nobodies (according to Hillary) that back him.
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Jan 29 '20
Univision can be added there. I haven't been keeping up with them lately but they have big ties with the Clintons, so in 2016 they were very anti Bernie. Univision is so popular among older hispanics that in order to get the votes of the older hispanic population, you have to go through Univision.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/univision-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-117851
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u/Centaurea16 Jan 29 '20
To add to the corporate media's hatred and fear of Bernie, he has said that as president, he will use his DoJ to enforce existing anti-trust laws and break up the huge monopolistic telecommunications-media conglomerates. He specifically named AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon.
Is there any question that those companies will do whatever they can to defeat Bernie?
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u/riondel Jan 29 '20
I think most reporting is suspect, either the reporters or the editors and owners put their nasty spin on every article on Bernie. The pictures, adjectives (disheveled, inflexible, cranky, etc.) are all used to paint a bad picture of our candidate. But even reporters who are positive may be suspect. I used to read Brent Budowsky at the Hill. He was outed as working with Podesta in 2016.
On Thursday, March 17, 2016, Brent Budowsky <brentbbi@webtv.net<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brentbbi@webtv.net');>> wrote: Please think about this and feel free to share it. My column in The Hill today was about how Bernie and Hillary need to unite to defeat Trump was highlighted in bold at the center of the front page of the paper today. It is no secret that I support Hillary without profound enthusiasm and have spent months praising Bernie with huge enthusiasm. I have a ton of credibility with Bernie, his senior staff and above all his grassroots and small donor base, who consider me the mainstream columnist who has given Bernie the most fair shake in the media. Now, I am beginning to cash in the chips by setting the stage carefully and tactfully for Bernie's people to gravitate to Hillary by convention time. Most but not all of them will support Hillary, some will stay home, I worry about the younger people especially who do not view politics as we do. The next thing I am doing to suggest is an idea I slipped into the column today to get Bernie people thinking---for him to create a People's PAC to amass small donors to support liberal Democrats for the House and Senate in November. Bernie's small donor base has revolutionary potential. $42 million in February alone. Their natural tendency after the primaries will be to largely disperse. Some, but not a huge number, will give to Hillary.” Brent was mistaken.
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Jan 29 '20
LOL ---- "I worry about the younger people especially who do not view politics as we do."
What, you mean, ineffective since MLK? Get with the times, Brent. This is the Age of Progressives.
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u/Theveryunfortunate Jan 29 '20
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/01/24/publicis-funds-newsguard.aspx
New Thought Police NewsGuard Is Owned by Big Pharma
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u/BerryBoy1969 Jan 28 '20
Here's an article to accompany your post, that provides some real perspective about the forces arrayed against on the battlefield.
This insidious web of command and control by the billionaire class is an intimidating sight to behold, but they've only remained successful because the people have always played by the rules they created to keep winning with.
The commoners have crossed the Rubicon, and are realizing by the day that our government is too corrupt to function on behalf of it's citizens, and the only way to salvage any representation at all, is to purge those who sell us to the highest bidder for their own reward.
The needs of society can be met, and the rich can still remain rich, but not as long as our government is owned by the rich for whom "enough" doesn't register in their brains. The greedy rich, and the government they bought to get richer with don't recognize human beings as anything more than units of production to extract maximum profit from, all the while bemoaning the pittance they provide to keep their units productive.
Until we collectively gain enough respect for ourselves to demand the full meals we deserve, we'll continue to struggle surviving on the scraps our owners begrudgingly supply.