[Air-l] capitalism always lies?

[Art McGee]

> I learn something new from this list all the time.
>
> Reading the digest today, I learned that Capitalism is
> basically responsible for media lies.
>
> Which I guess excludes socialism, fascism, theocracies,
> authorianism, etc.

And this clown is a professor? That's the most idiotic and
duplicitous branching of logic I've ever seen from someone
supposedly past undergrad. Now I understand why the field
of CyberSociolology is so damn elitist and off-track, if
people like this are considered respected members.

As others have already pointed out, in the context of the
United States of America, which is what we were talking
about, Capitalism, the all-consuming imperative for profit,
perverts, distorts, and basically undermines at every point
the attempt to have a truly democratic media system. This
is simply a fact. It doesn't mean that in other contexts
there aren't other reasons for media lies and distortions,
but here, Capitalism (and for that matter Patriarchy and
White Supremacy) is the primary barrier.


Art