Why would some Mass Media outlets not want to report news about candidates who propose prohibiting politicians from accepting campaign contributions from those with conflicts of interest?

If there were thousands of relatively independent media companies in the mid 1900’s, ~50 by the 1980’s and less than 10 after 2000, mostly owned by conglomerates with conflicting interests, dependent on legislative initiatives for regulatory concerns and political campaign advertizing for profit, is most mainstream news more objective or less?

 

The beauty of the democratic systems of thought control as contrasted with their clumsy totalitarian counterparts, is that they operate subtly

...aided by the force of nationalism and media control

by substantial interests,

presuppositions that set the limits of debate

rather than by imposing beliefs with a bludgeon.

 

Then let the debate rage;

 

the more lively and vigorous it is, 

the better the propaganda system is served…

 

 Those who do not accept the fundamental principles of state propaganda

 are simply excluded from the debate

(or if noticed, dismissed as "emotional," "irresponsible," etc…)

 

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