| I suggest reading print material for news sources - preferably print material of other countries. For here, however:
Disney owns
ABC (moderately conservative)
Dow Jones owns
Wall Street Journal (moderately conservative)
[partially] CNBC
Gannett Co, Inc owns
USA Today (conservative)
General Electric owns
NBC (very conservative)
[partially] CNBC
[partially] MSNBC
New York Times, Co owns
New York Times (moderately conservative)
Boston Globe (moderately liberal)
News Corporation owns
Fox (very conservative)
New York Post (very conservative)
Time Warner owns
Time (moderately conservative)
CNN (moderately conservative)
NY1 (centrist)
Viacom owns
CBS (very conservative)
Washington Post, Co owns
Washington Post (moderately liberal)
Newsweek (moderately conservative)
That makes four dedicated news companies - Dow Jones, Gannett, New York Times, Washington Post - none of which owns a major broadcasting station. The rest - Disney, Time Warner, Newscorp, Viacom - are 'media entertainment' companies, specializing in sports or movies (ESPN, MTV, Bravo, HBO, Disney, Discover, etc etc etc) and the last - GE - is a freakin' juggernaut.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |