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Title: 6 Giant Corporations Control The Media, And Americans Consume 10 Hours Of ‘Programming’ A Day
Source: The Economic Collapse
URL Source: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ ... -10-hours-of-programming-a-day
Published: May 26, 2016
Author: Michael Snyder
Post Date: 2016-05-26 22:10:37 by U don't know me
Keywords: None
Views: 3613
Comments: 11

6 Giant Corporations Control The Media, And Americans Consume 10 Hours Of ‘Programming’ A Day By Michael Snyder, on May 26th, 2016

If you allow someone to pump hours of “programming” into your mind every single day, it is inevitable that it is eventually going to have a major impact on how you view the world. In America today, the average person consumes approximately 10 hours of information, news and entertainment a day, and there are 6 giant media corporations that overwhelmingly dominate that market. In fact, it has been estimated that somewhere around 90 percent of the “programming” that we constantly feed our minds comes from them, and of course they are ultimately controlled by the elite of the world. So is there any hope for our country as long as the vast majority of the population is continually plugging themselves into this enormous “propaganda matrix”?

Just think about your own behavior. Even as you are reading this article the television might be playing in the background or you may have some music on. Many of us have gotten to the point where we are literally addicted to media. In fact, there are people out there that become physically uncomfortable if everything is turned off and they have to deal with complete silence.

It has been said that if you put garbage in, you are going to get garbage out. It is the things that we do consistently that define who we are, and so if you are feeding your mind with hours of “programming” from the big media corporations each day, that is going to have a dramatic affect on who you eventually become.

These monolithic corporations really do set the agenda for what society focuses on. For example, when you engage in conversation with your family, friends or co-workers, what do you talk about? If you are like most people, you might talk about something currently in the news, a television show that you watched last night or some major sporting event that is taking place.

Virtually all of that news and entertainment is controlled by the elite by virtue of their ownership of these giant media corporations.

I want to share some numbers with you that may be hard to believe. They come directly out of Nielsen’s “Total Audience Report“, and they show how much news and entertainment the average American consumes through various methods each day…

Watching live television: 4 hours, 32 minutes

Watching time-shifted television: 30 minutes

Listening to the radio: 2 hours, 44 minutes

Using a smartphone: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Using Internet on a computer: 1 hour, 6 minutes

When you add all of those numbers together, it comes to a grand total of more than 10 hours.

And keep in mind that going to movie theaters, playing video games and reading books are behaviors that are not even on this list.

What in the world are we doing to ourselves?

The combination of watching live television and watching time-shifted television alone comes to a total of more than five hours.

If you feed five hours of something into your mind day after day, it is going to change you. There is no way around that. You may think that you are strong enough to resist the programming, but the truth is that it affects all of us in very subtle ways that we do not even understand.

And as I mentioned above, there are just six giant corporations that account for almost all of the programming that we receive through our televisions. Below is a list of these six corporations along with a sampling of the various media properties that they own…

Comcast

NBC Telemundo Universal Pictures Focus Features USA Network Bravo CNBC The Weather Channel MSNBC Syfy NBCSN Golf Channel Esquire Network E! Cloo Chiller Universal HD Comcast SportsNet Universal Parks & Resorts Universal Studio Home Video

The Walt Disney Company

ABC Television Network ESPN The Disney Channel A&E Lifetime Marvel Entertainment Lucasfilm Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios Disney Mobile Disney Consumer Products Interactive Media Disney Theme Parks Disney Records Hollywood Records Miramax Films Touchstone Pictures

News Corporation

Fox Broadcasting Company Fox News Channel Fox Business Network Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 2 National Geographic Nat Geo Wild FX FXX FX Movie Channel Fox Sports Networks The Wall Street Journal The New York Post Barron’s SmartMoney HarperCollins 20th Century Fox Fox Searchlight Pictures Blue Sky Studios Beliefnet Zondervan

Time Warner

CNN The CW HBO Cinemax Cartoon Network HLN NBA TV TBS TNT TruTV Turner Classic Movies Warner Bros. Castle Rock DC Comics Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment New Line Cinema Sports Illustrated Fortune Marie Claire People Magazine

Viacom

MTV Nickelodeon VH1 BET Comedy Central Paramount Pictures Paramount Home Entertainment Country Music Television (CMT) Spike TV The Movie Channel TV Land

CBS Corporation

CBS Television Network The CW (along with Time Warner) CBS Sports Network Showtime TVGN CBS Radio, Inc. CBS Television Studios Simon & Schuster Infinity Broadcasting Westwood One Radio Network

Fortunately, those enormous media conglomerates do not have quite the same monopoly over the Internet, but we are starting to see a tremendous amount of consolidation in the online world as well. Just check out these numbers…

Overall, the top 10 publishers — together owning around 60 news sites — account for 47% of total online traffic to news content last year, with the next-biggest 140 publishers accounting for most of the other half, SimilarWeb found.

The biggest online news publisher for the U.S. audience was MSN, owner of MSN.com, with just over 27 billion combined page views across mobile and desktop, followed by Disney Media Networks, owner of ESPN and ABC News, with 25.9 billion.

The battle for the future of this nation is a battle for the hearts and minds of individuals.

And it is hard to see how things will be turned in a dramatically different direction as long as most of us are willingly feeding our hearts and minds with hours of “programming” that is controlled by the elite each day.

The good news is that there are signs of an awakening. More Americans than ever are becoming disenchanted with the mainstream media, and this is showing up in recent survey numbers. Here is one example…

Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans’ skepticism about what they read on social media.

Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and well below the public’s view of other institutions.

As Americans (and people all over the world) have lost confidence in the mainstream media, they have been seeking out other sources of news and entertainment. This has greatly fueled the rise of the alternative media, and the dozens of websites all over the Internet where this article will ultimately be published are examples of this explosion.

You can only enslave people for so long. Ultimately, they will want to break free of the chains that are holding them back and they will want to find the truth.

In this day and age, it is absolutely imperative that we all learn to think for ourselves. If you find that you are still addicted to the “programming” that the giant media corporations are feeding you, I would encourage you to start unplugging from the matrix more frequently.

In the end, you will be glad that you did.

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#1. To: All (#0)

I would encourage you

To watch RT for all your news. I get it on Dish 280.

I do not go to church every time the doors are opened, but I love Jesus Christ. I am only human and fail Him daily. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was crucified on a cross, died for my sins and rose from the dead and that He loves us dearly, and is faithful to forgive us of our sins. But He says that if you deny me in front of your friends I will deny you in front of my Father. Can I get an Amen!

U don't know me  posted on  2016-05-26   22:12:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: U don't know me (#1)

I turned off TV in 1993, and never went back. It had to do with the way the news media exalted Chuckie Schumer while he laffed at the Waco, TX fire. For news, I voraciously read newspapers from around the world and often on the same subject matter so as to understand the issue being addressed.

The USA news is controlled by the CIA anyway; it has been known for decades as the US government hired journalists operating for the CIA to spread propaganda. It has continued to this day.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-05-26   22:24:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: buckeroo (#2)

Bucky, you know the deal.

I got rid of my cable about 4 years ago. I still watch B & W westerns on the free air waves.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-05-26   23:58:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Fred Mertz (#3)

I got rid of my cable about 4 years ago.

Excellent. Keep up the good work by boycotting MSM.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-05-27   4:22:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: buckeroo (#4)

I have Wanted: Dead or Alive on in the other room.

Steve McQueen rules.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-05-27   9:22:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: buckeroo (#2)

I sure can not disagree with anything you said.

I do not go to church every time the doors are opened, but I love Jesus Christ. I am only human and fail Him daily. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was crucified on a cross, died for my sins and rose from the dead and that He loves us dearly, and is faithful to forgive us of our sins. But He says that if you deny me in front of your friends I will deny you in front of my Father. Can I get an Amen!

U don't know me  posted on  2016-05-27   20:33:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: buckeroo (#2)

I turned off TV in 1993, and never went back. It had to do with the way the news media exalted Chuckie Schumer while he laffed at the Waco, TX fire

I have to agree, it would have made the whole event better if libtard Chuckie Schumer also did his best impression of Christopher Dorner... and was inside that really dry wooden structure.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-05-27   20:43:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: buckeroo (#2)

It had to do with the way the news media exalted Chuckie Schumer while he laffed at the Waco, TX fire.

FireIsland would have volunteered to man the flame-thrower at Mt. Carmel.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Deckard  posted on  2016-05-27   20:50:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: U don't know me (#6)

The intentional destruction of a religious group by the US government in 1993, sanctioned by the MSM and covered up by the US Congress changed my entire perspective about the United States of America.

The nation is fuckedupped and can not be repaired under any circumstances.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-05-27   20:54:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Deckard (#8)

That building was real dry. Flamethrower wasn't really needed. I'd have staged at the medical tent with NARCAN. In case someone ran out overdosing.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-05-27   20:58:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: GrandIsland (#7)

I have to agree ...

Explain your understanding that is discussed on this thread. Don't create phun; create serious discussion.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-05-27   21:35:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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