The 'Liberal' Media

Throughout the years, there has been much confusion about the state of the media in the US.

From right-wing and conservative circles, we often hear the accusation of the ‘Liberal media.’

According to these circles, the mainstream media in the US is ‘liberal,’ meaning that it’s opposed to ‘conservative’ values, like God, guns, is pro-LGBT, supports abortion, is against the death penalty, war, military spending, wants socialized medicine, etc.

But in reality, the mainstream media isn’t liberal, and never was. The accusation was, and is, a myth.

Any news outlet, commentator or author who doesn’t serve as a propaganda and disinformation whore for the US regime and their corporate buddies is automatically branded as ‘liberal.’ This is done to discredit and shut down anyone who tries to present unpleasant and embarrassing facts about the US regime’s illegal and questionable deeds.

The phrase ‘Liberal media’ today refers to any news source which is openly critical of cherished US myths and delusions.

The truth is that the mainstream media in the US is neither liberal nor conservative. At most, there are liberal and conservative media niches within the US, but in general the media in the US is corporate media. This is the most accurate phrase to use, and it best reflects the reality of what, and who controls it.

Add to that the fact that certain media outfits are wholly-owned subsidiaries of defense companies. So to find out whose interests are being served, one must follow the money.

The corporate mainstream US media will toe and promote the US government propaganda line because their parent companies or owners have a vested financial interest in doing so.

The US government grants the mainstream media access, privileges, business, various favors, and protections from accountability that ultimately enrich the media owners’ fortunes. In return, the media owners use their control over the airwaves and news print to shill for, and defend disastrous and vile US government policies, especially when it comes to US foreign policy. They also lie for the US government.

It’s simply a case of one hand washing the other.

Notice how the mainstream media is always pro-war; how it amps up threats on cue from the State Dept.; how it goes into full demonization mode against any foreign leader that the US regime doesn’t like for whatever reason.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a democratic or Republican-led regime; the charade continues regardless.

There is also a stunning absence of impartial investigative journalism into government policies and actions, and of individuals that have caused serious problems for the country. No hard questions are asked by the mainstream media journalists of US politicians at all.

This cannot be the result of simply incompetent journalism. These journalists know how to do their job. Just look at how they conduct themselves when interviewing any representative or leader of a country that is an ‘officially designated enemy’ of the US. These journalists suddenly flip on the courage and ask very hard-nosed questions, are condescending, and practically level accusations and threats against that foreign leader on-air. But such courage and confrontational behavior is totally missing when these same journalists interview an Obama, Hillary Clinton, or some other US regime representative. In these situations, these journalists suddenly forget how to do their job.

So there’s got to be something going on. And that something is the reality that the US mainstream media is willingly self-censoring itself for the benefit of the US government, in return for business and favors.

After all, if someone owns a TV news channel and a factory that makes bombs, what do you think will be promoted on that news channel? Will that person promote peace and non-intervention, or war?

It’s not hard at all to see what their priority will be.

No matter how wrong and illegal a war is, that owner will make sure that a pro-war angle is followed exclusively; that pro-war government officials and ‘experts’ are the only ones allowed on-air, that pro-war messages and propaganda prevails, that patriotic and militaristic themes are constant. A critic of the war, maybe two, may be invited on the channel, but only to be ganged up on, ridiculed and skewered by the pro-war ‘patriots’ for ‘entertainment’ purposes. We saw this in the run-up to the illegal war on Iraq in 2002-2003.

After all, the owner of the TV station will make millions, or billions from the sale of the bombs that will be used in that war.

The US doesn’t have a free mainstream media. It is censored and controlled for the most part, and important facts are being suppressed. A US news outlet that actually says what is really going on is usually obscure and ignored, or is labeled as ‘Liberal.’

Just the Facts!

The US is a land of contradictions and deceptions. To figure out what the truth really is, you have to simply take what is being said by the US regime and rotate it 180 degrees. Then you’ll have the truth.

The US regime has been suffering some pretty bad failures lately. The Turkish coup didn’t work out, and Aleppo, the largest Syrian city which for the past five years has served as a depot and clearinghouse for US-sponsored criminal goon squads, is about to be liberated by the Syrian forces and their allies once and for all.

Nevertheless, the perception and illusion of US success, and that all its policies are worth it has to be maintained. But there are no real principles or meaning behind US military power, it's just military power for the sake of US economic hegemony. The pentagon goons know they're full of it, and can't really do half of the things they say they can on paper and TV. The US regime can fool people with talk of 'defending freedom and democracy' and all that; the individual soldier can believe in it. But in reality it's not about any of this. Behind all US noble intentions are hidden lies and dishonorable aims. And that's why the US won't succeed in the long-run; no country can.

That's what this NATO and US world hegemony is all about: money. The US system needs a constant influx of plunder to keep itself afloat. Without new slaves the US economy will die, as we are witnessing now. This is why the US is so desperate to subjugate Russia and China. Without those two economies under the US regime's thumb, the US cannot survive much longer in the shape it's now. The US can't squeeze much out of their old vassals; they've been pretty much tapped out.

The US in the decades ahead has two choices: continue on trying to dominate the world and eventually crash and burn and lose its influence and power to others, or start rolling back its empire and wars now, and retain some influence.

Also, what we see is Russia and China sitting there and not invading and bombing countries and overstretching themselves, while the US is. This will result in the inevitable US imperial overstretch and fall. Then Russia and China just step in. This is why the US is so keen on provoking Russia and China into a conflict.

The US must keep everybody down at its level, or worse, or it will fall.