http://counterecon.com/2009/08/29/review-of-iousa/ Critical Thinking Applied to Economics and Finance Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://counterecon.com/2009/08/29/review-of-iousa/#comment-429 sapplanningadmin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:11:34 +0000 http://counterecon.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/review-of-iousa/#comment-429 I have received some comments that actually this movie is "left" based or that it is somehow associated with PBS. It should be understood, PBS does that it can, but it is routinely reigned in by the right. This is why much of their political coverage has a "horse race quality" to it, where no real in depth issues are covered. Brookings and Heritage are both right think tanks. PBS has some good programming on Frontline and Bill Moyers, but that is not the majority of their programming. The fact is, there is very little money for progressive media, the outlets that are considered by the right to be "left" are in fact major conglomerates like ABC News. Left outlets are easy to find, they have a very small audience and very low budgets. Any major outlet that is by definition not left. I have received some comments that actually this movie is “left” based or that it is somehow associated with PBS. It should be understood, PBS does that it can, but it is routinely reigned in by the right. This is why much of their political coverage has a “horse race quality” to it, where no real in depth issues are covered. Brookings and Heritage are both right think tanks. PBS has some good programming on Frontline and Bill Moyers, but that is not the majority of their programming. The fact is, there is very little money for progressive media, the outlets that are considered by the right to be “left” are in fact major conglomerates like ABC News. Left outlets are easy to find, they have a very small audience and very low budgets. Any major outlet that is by definition not left.

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