The Paper-Thin Wall Between Editorial and Advertising
Mar 15th, 2007 at 9:31 pm by Susie
People are missing the point about all the conservatives on the Sunday talk shows. The reason companies like General Electric and Archer Daniels Midland advertise on those shows isn’t to make typical consumers all warm and fuzzy about ethanol and MRI machines - it’s to influence political content.
And they get what they pay for.
Naturally, they want to see more people who shill for are sympathetic to multinationals being interviewed. Do you think that’s going to change as long as we allow corporate control of the airwaves?
