Media

Mainstream Reporting …

Most mainstream reporting reflects the assumptions of people and institutions with influence and resources. This is an example of how social reality is shaped by class power. Mainstream news does not provide a complete picture of anything. Rather than trying to understand politics from a framework of balancing sides, we must focus on how decisions

Activism

We cannot trust corporate media to protect free speech.

It is beyond doubt that free speech, integral to the First Amendment and one of the most fundamental rights of any free society, is under attack in America.  The assault on freedom of expression didn’t start with the Trump government’s attacks on the most tepid critics. Censorship is built into the very fabric of our corporate-owned

Capitalism

What the World Believes Today …

depends on who is controlling legacy media’s last feeble news fronts. E.G. Jeff Bezo’s supine Washington Post or social media apes with megaphones standing in public squares shouting unsubstantiated rumors at babies and showing pornographic photos to children. The world believes what rich men want it to.

Culture

Mainstream media has become irrelevant.

Let’s stop talking about the failures of mainstream media. In our fractured media landscape, mainstream media has become irrelevant. Because media and information have gone from scarce to abundant, the ability of governments to control a narrative is gone. In this world of fractured media there is always incentive, and ability tom show what is

Advertising

If ever there was a time to kill your…

LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions. LG TVs will soon leverage an AI model built for showing advertisements that more closely align with viewers’ personal beliefs and emotions. The company plans to incorporate a partner company’s AI tech into its TV software in order to interpret psychological factors