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Related: About this forumTYT: Abby Martin of RT Goes Off on 'Corporate Media' Propaganda with Piers Morgan
*While two RT anchors spoke out against network editorial policy this week, one of them stayed at their jobs, and Abby Martin joined Piers Morgan Wednesday night after delivering an off-script commentary about Ukraine, and ended up going on several tangents about the "corporate media" complex and the self-censorship that exists at American networks "beholden to advertisers." Martin told Morgan, "I knew going into that that I could put my job on the line, considering how the corporate media has fired multiple anchors for simply speaking out against the Iraq War." She insisted that her bosses give her "complete editorial freedom," and when Morgan asked about other parts of the programming, she shot back...* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down
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TYT: Abby Martin of RT Goes Off on 'Corporate Media' Propaganda with Piers Morgan (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Mar 2014
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marble falls
(57,097 posts)1. As opposed to a state run propaganda machine?
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)2. ". . . corporate media complex and the self-censorship."
Oh man! I'm sure glad we don't ever see anything like that around here!
(sarcasm intended)
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. K & R !!!
truckin
(576 posts)4. Very informative clip by Cenk. nt
packman
(16,296 posts)5. Big Brother has become
Corporate Brother - a bit fuzzier, a bit more colorful, a bit more clever in delivering the message, but still in your life, shaping your life.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)6. K & R
She is beautiful and smart. Too bad she'll never get another job as a broadcaster on any major network.