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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1815684" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong>Mainstream media</strong> (<strong>MSM</strong>) is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media" target="_blank">mass media</a> reflective of prevailing currents of thought, influence, or activity.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media#cite_note-Chomsky-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> It may be contrasted with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_media" target="_blank">alternative media</a> which may contain content discordant with prevailing views.</p><p></p><p>Large news conglomerates, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" target="_blank">newspapers</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_media" target="_blank">broadcast media</a>, which underwent successive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger" target="_blank">mergers</a> in the U.S. and elsewhere at an increasing rate beginning in the 1990s, are often referenced by the term. This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership" target="_blank">concentration of media ownership</a> has raised concerns of a homogenization of viewpoints presented to news consumers. Consequently, the term <em>mainstream media</em> has been widely used in conversation and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere" target="_blank">blogosphere</a>, often in oppositional, pejorative, or dismissive senses, in discussion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media" target="_blank">mass media</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias" target="_blank">media bias</a>.</p><p></p><p>According to philosopher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" target="_blank">Noam Chomsky</a>, media organizations with an elite audience such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News" target="_blank">CBS News</a> and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em>, successful corporations with the assets necessary to engage in original reporting, set the tone for other smaller news organizations which lack resources by creating conversations that cascade down to smaller news organizations using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> and other means of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_aggregator" target="_blank">aggregation</a>. An elite mainstream sets the agenda and smaller organizations parrot it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media#cite_note-Chomsky-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1815684, member: 1246"] [B]Mainstream media[/B] ([B]MSM[/B]) is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media']mass media[/URL] reflective of prevailing currents of thought, influence, or activity.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media#cite_note-Chomsky-1'][1][/URL] It may be contrasted with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_media']alternative media[/URL] which may contain content discordant with prevailing views. Large news conglomerates, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper']newspapers[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_media']broadcast media[/URL], which underwent successive [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger']mergers[/URL] in the U.S. and elsewhere at an increasing rate beginning in the 1990s, are often referenced by the term. This [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership']concentration of media ownership[/URL] has raised concerns of a homogenization of viewpoints presented to news consumers. Consequently, the term [I]mainstream media[/I] has been widely used in conversation and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere']blogosphere[/URL], often in oppositional, pejorative, or dismissive senses, in discussion of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media']mass media[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias']media bias[/URL]. According to philosopher [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky']Noam Chomsky[/URL], media organizations with an elite audience such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News']CBS News[/URL] and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times']The New York Times[/URL][/I], successful corporations with the assets necessary to engage in original reporting, set the tone for other smaller news organizations which lack resources by creating conversations that cascade down to smaller news organizations using the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press']Associated Press[/URL] and other means of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_aggregator']aggregation[/URL]. An elite mainstream sets the agenda and smaller organizations parrot it.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media#cite_note-Chomsky-1'][1][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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