Media Monsters & The Monster Media: How ‘Winners’ Are Made
The backdrop to the Donald Trump-centered political soap opera is an intriguing story. It hasn’t yet been told, mainly because the people who should be telling it and the media organizations they work for are key actors (and culprits) in a sordid production that has little to do with “the public’s right to know.”
It’s about money (lots and lots of money), power, and how “winners,” whether in media or politics, are made.
Leid Stories amplifies its July 27-29 discussions on the confluence of interests and power between the media and the political duopoly, and the rightward shift in American politics.