"The media giants, advertising agencies, and great multinational corporations have a joint and close interest in a favorable climate of investment in the Third World, and their interconnections and relationships with the government in these policies are symbiotic." -Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky, Jul 6, 2011 "[Media] projects unsuitable for corporate sponsorship tend to die on the vine," the London Economist observes, noting that "stations have learned to be sympathetic to the most delicate sympathies of corporations." As former CBS President Frank Stanton remarked, "since we are advertiser-supported we must take into account the general objectives and desires of advertisers as a whole.” Terence Cline, a top advertising executive, underscores the point: "there have been very few cases where it has been necessary to exercise a veto, because the producers involved and the writers involved are normally pretty well aware of what might not be acceptable." Therefore, one shouldn't expect any reporting on sweatshops in the corporate media. Except when they're propagating for them. So for example, when they're educating their audiences on the evils of protesting "supposed" exploitation of workers: [video=youtube_share;7dwFW62iNrU]http://youtu.be/7dwFW62iNrU[/video] Similarly: Where Sweatshops Are a Dream, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, January 14, 2009 In Praise of the Maligned Sweatshop, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, June 6, 2006 Two Cheers for Sweatshops, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Magazine [video=youtube_share;M5uYCWVfuPQ]http://youtu.be/M5uYCWVfuPQ[/video]
"The confluence of conflicts is not a conspiracy; it’s something much more pernicious: routine. It’s baked into the cake, built into the investment structure of our corporate media, which are simply one part of a large maze of interests" - (FAIR, Jan 30, 2016).
