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American government, he said. Report
ers use the same sources and "kowtow
to the same administration officials.
"Everybody puts the same spin on
their stories." he said.
With reporters repeatedly using the
same sources for information. Solomon
said media functions as a propaganda
machine.
"H‘s (he steady downbeat of catch
words that influences public thinking,
especially in a crisis situation," he said.
"The term ‘investigative reporter'
should be a redundancy, but it's not."
Corporate ownership of the media
leads to editors and reporters suppress
ing the news because they fear backlash
from management over corporate-criti
cal stories, Solomon said.
"With whatever issues we're con
cerned about, there is a blocking
through the news media that prevents
change,” he said. "Editors are there to
keep management happy and couch cor
porate bias in professional terms. Most
of the (media) censorship is self-censor
ship."
Solomon said editors and reporters do
have some latitude in their reporting,
but that in the end "it's a matter of who
owns the media. The training (of Jour
nalists) could be better, but there would
still be the corporate atmosphere.”
The end result of journalists relying
on the same people for information
means that "while these reporters like
to pretend they're outside the picture,
they're actually a part of it."
Solomon said he has gotten a mixed
reaction from his book from the media.
"(The book) has gotten a wide variety
of responses." he said. "Everything
from glowing praise to condemnation."
"We hone in own newspaper owner
ship. so maybe that's it.” he said.
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