Corporate Propaganda Still On the News

mofomojo writes, "Democracy Now! reports that a new study by the Center for Media and Democracy says Americans are still being shown corporate public relations videos disguised as news reports on newscasts across the country. In April, the Center identified 77 stations using Video News Releases in their newscasts; the findings led to an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission. A followup study has found that 10 of those stations are still airing VNRs today, for a new total of 46 stations in 22 states." From the article: "Most of the VNRs have aired on stations owned by large media conglomerates such as News Corp., Tribune, and Disney. They've also been sponsored by some of the country's biggest corporations including General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, and Allstate Insurance."

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Re:Propaganda is all that comes out of 'the box'

[Omnivorax]

When the news is over, you then get Democrat party talking points andpolicy thinly disguised as sitcoms and Dramas (west wing, etc)

If you're talking about the major US political party, you mean "Democratic Party". Accidentally leaving off the "-ic" makes you seem lazy and ignorant, and deliberately doing so labels you a knee-jerk partisan shill.

Not that we should expect anything better from an AC...