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The term "[[mainstream media]]" (often abbreviated "MSM") generally refers to the most popular conventional sources of factual (non-fiction) news and discussion, i.e. television and print media (newspapers and magazines). It also refers to any information published, via whatever media, by companies whose primary business is one or more of those traditional media.
 
The term "[[mainstream media]]" (often abbreviated "MSM") generally refers to the most popular conventional sources of factual (non-fiction) news and discussion, i.e. television and print media (newspapers and magazines). It also refers to any information published, via whatever media, by companies whose primary business is one or more of those traditional media.
  
The term appears to be more intensively used in the [[United States]], where the largest media companies are privately-owned and have no significant competition from government-run services, which seems to result in a much wider range of views regarding reality -- and, unfortunately, very little [[accountability]] as to the accuracy of those views.
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The term appears to be more intensively used in the [[United States]], where the largest media companies are privately-owned and have no significant competition from government-run services [[media consolidation|or from each other]] – and, unfortunately, very little [[accountability]] as to the accuracy of those views.
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===Pages===
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* [[/distortion|Distortion]] in the mainstream media are particularly harmful.
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** [[/distortions|instances of mainstream media distortion]]
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* [[media consolidation]]
  
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==Companies==
 
==Companies==
* [[Associated Press]] writes news articles which are widely syndicated
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''this is a partial list''
* [http://cnn.com CNN]: cable TV, web
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===Broadcast===
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* [[CNN]] ([http://cnn.com site]): cable TV, web
 
* [[Fox News]]: broadcast TV
 
* [[Fox News]]: broadcast TV
 
* [[NBC]] / [[MSNBC]]
 
* [[NBC]] / [[MSNBC]]
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===Content Creation===
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* [[Associated Press]] writes news articles which are widely syndicated
 
* [[Reuters]]
 
* [[Reuters]]
''this is a partial list''
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===Print===
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* ''The [[New York Times]]''
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* ''The [[Wall Street Journal]]''
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* ''The [[Washington Post]]''
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* ''The [[Washington Times]]'' (aka The [[Moonie]] Times)
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===Non-US===
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* [[German license-funded TV]]
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
===Reference===
 
===Reference===

Latest revision as of 15:03, 15 July 2010

Overview

The term "mainstream media" (often abbreviated "MSM") generally refers to the most popular conventional sources of factual (non-fiction) news and discussion, i.e. television and print media (newspapers and magazines). It also refers to any information published, via whatever media, by companies whose primary business is one or more of those traditional media.

The term appears to be more intensively used in the United States, where the largest media companies are privately-owned and have no significant competition from government-run services or from each other – and, unfortunately, very little accountability as to the accuracy of those views.

Pages

Companies

this is a partial list

Broadcast

Content Creation

Print

Non-US

Links

Reference

News

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