For years, the Right
has complained about the Mainstream Media. Most average citizens can detect our
constitutionally protected press has severely degraded since Walter Cronkite’s
days. (Cronkite retired in 1981 and passed away in 2009.)
In fact, back in the early 80’s, there were over 50 reputable news outlets. Those companies had to compete to produce the best work; they had to earn their viewers’ attention. Now, there are only 6 mega-companies. These huge companies control 90% of what we see, hear, and learn in our country. They control our movies, our TV, Newspapers, and even our radios. Our computers, apps and schoolrooms are soon to be added to the list of controls. The big gang of 6 includes Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox News, run by Roger Ailes.
In fact, back in the early 80’s, there were over 50 reputable news outlets. Those companies had to compete to produce the best work; they had to earn their viewers’ attention. Now, there are only 6 mega-companies. These huge companies control 90% of what we see, hear, and learn in our country. They control our movies, our TV, Newspapers, and even our radios. Our computers, apps and schoolrooms are soon to be added to the list of controls. The big gang of 6 includes Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox News, run by Roger Ailes.
Yet, looking
closer, it gets smaller than 6. One of the entrenched players in our media is a
company called Kingdom Holding Company. This is a publicly listed Investment
Holding company from Saudi Arabia. The media investment arm is known as Rotana
Group. Kingdom Holding is 30 years old and is owned by Prince Al-Waleed Bin
Talal bin Abdulaziz alSaud. Time Magazine once labeled him the Arabian Warren
Buffet. Fox News owns a 19% stake in Rotana Group. Rotana group also has in its
portfolio: Time Warner, News Corp, Apple, and Twitter.
It's clear. Our
TV, Radio, Newsprint, and even our phones, tablets, and twitter accounts aren’t
“just” ours.
Another few
facts about Fox’s parent company: In 2011, News Corp started an “independent”
subsidiary company called Amplify. In 2013, Amplify was awarded $12.5 million (tax)
dollars from the Federal Department of Education through a $175 million grant
given to a UCLA Consortium to "provide a library of digital tools to help
students and educators." These are apps and tablet games to help transition our
children into Common Core. News Corp issued a press release on September 30th
2015 stating that they have sold Amplify to private investors for an
undisclosed amount.
News
Corp also owns the top newspapers on 3 continents: The Wall Street Journal, The
Sun, and The Australian. In 2010, News Corp avoided paying $875 million dollars
in taxes.
In
2004, a documentary called “OutFoxed:
Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism” was sponsored by Moveon.org. Of course,
Republicans tend to ignore anything that starts with “War On…” or is sponsored
by Move On.
The
documentary, however, pointed out a very solid point. It demonstrated how the
Heads of Fox send down a “message of the day” and that message will get
repeated hundreds of times during the day. This sort of repetition is a
propaganda technique.
The
more times Fox News calls Donald Trump a thin-skinned, crybaby then the more
the viewers will believe it’s a fact.
Except it's not a fact. It’s propaganda generated because Trump is a threat.
Donald
Trump isn’t Thin-Skinned. He is underscoring an action. He’s single-handedly
offering to take down the biggest players that control your constitutionally
protected right to freedom of information. He’s playing the Media like a
maestro. He’s using his arrogance, outrageous statements, and bigger than life
personality in a brilliant move to get the Media to PAY for his messages to
you.
In
those hyped media sound bites, he “arrogantly” points to Governor Perry and Governor
Walker, who left the race. Trump “brags” that the rest of the candidates have
dropped in the polls. Trump “crows” over his poll number results frequently.
Some
people believe what they are told and they see him see him acting like a child. The rest of America sees him issuing
a warning directly to the media bosses. He gives them a wicked side-eye that says,
“It’s going to cost you.” In the face of this, Fox News has blinked first on two
occasions and the rest of the media outlets are, largely, providing fair
coverage. The Donald has them ALL toeing the line. Something our media hasn’t
done in years.
Trump
is leading in the polls because the majority of people see that these are the
ACTS of a President. The leading candidate IS acting Presidential. Anyone who
has been burned by a sweet talker knows that actions speak MUCH louder than
words. Trump’s not being hateful; he’s not acting like a toddler. He’s not
being a brat that doesn’t get his way.
He’s
sending the voters a message.
They’re
so used to being spoon fed, however, that many find it hard to look past his verbiage. It
helps to be a Long-Range visionary to understand what Donald Trump is doing,
But when voters manage to see past their own mind, or party preferences, or
neighborhood walls, they can hear Trump’s message.
Trump
is showing the American people that he WILL protect them. He will protect our
shores. He will protect our way of life. He will protect our schools. He will
protect our families.
We will not go off to war for no reason but if anyone one
hits America, we WILL counterpunch. The least little hit will be immediately
dealt with, and, further, any detractor will not win a chance at many more punches. (example: Governors Rick Perry and Scott Walker)
When he brags that he'll be the best Job President, he's promising Americans
will be prosperous again. All of them. The media-generated segregation between
race and genders will end because prosperity is a benchmark of Unity. America
will, once again, lead the free world. We will regain our credit standing and
our Rosie the Riveter/Made in America way of life. Because, we DID make that and
we CAN make it again.
Despite
the steady stream of dishonest information, Donald Trump’s core message says America
will preserve the shining light in her harbor for generations to come but not
at the expense of her Justice and her Laws. Yet, the door will stand open and the
American Dream will not die. Many Hispanics have already realized that
America’s respect for them will soar if the process to gain legalization is
earned, not stolen.
Donald
Trump is showing you that’s it’s not just a pretty speech or the proper words
that matter. He will take the hits, the punches, and degradation heaped on his
plate. And, unlike Obama, he even will do it for those that don’t understand or
like him. It’s a matter of honor to a man like Trump, because he’s promised
that he will do everything he can to protect your home.
So,
look past the Pundit labels. Look past the snarky interviews. Look past Trump’s
own New Yorker lingo because what you’re seeing is a man who has put his entire life
and work on the line… for you.
Because
America? You Matter.
So,
the next time you hear a bunch of propaganda from some media sycophants calling
The Donald “thin-skinned” remember that
Trump is what the majority of people call a Leader.
