Re:Yes, the U.S. economy is likely in recession
by mc32 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:54PM
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I do agree there is a feedback loop with some economic but also political alignment. However, while I agree that the media to some degree is giving people "what they want", the media can stop it (including social media and journalistic media) --they have that power. As you noted in China, the media do restrain themselves from amplifying things they want to suppress and feed their audience the political line of the day. It's not people setting the tone of journalism and media in China, it's the media that is doing that.
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Re:Yes, the U.S. economy is likely in recession
by tablespoon on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @04:42PM
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> It's not people setting the tone of journalism and media in China, it's the media that is doing that.
Except in China it's not the media itself setting the tone, it's the authorities who give it commands that it has no choice but to obey.
Who gives the American media its commands? Its customers, the people. But it's different because the media also has the choice not to obey, which spreads the responsibility for the outcome between both groups, instead of concentrating it in one or the other.