despicable message, what we're supposed to understand
In this day and age, when alternative media are gaining ground and proving the hypocrisy of institutionalised media, the movie demonises alternative media. I know that the internet is a vast area where incorrectness is more prevalent than accuracy, but at least alternative news media do not purport to have the monopoly of truth. So I wonder if the movie wants us to think that what we see in news channels is more honest, more truthful than what bloggers, youtubers, twitters and facebookers, for example, show. It’s legitimate to ask why that should be so. Big news channels are the ones benefitting from large budgets, and people who allocate these budgets have the “right” to interfere with the message/ the news these channels broadcast, let alone other types of different agendas. Today, many important news channels are even incorporating programmes dedicated to what is going on in the net as a form of recognition of its importance and its appeal to viewers. The idea of denigrating alternative media works well for originality, but I think if presented seriously as a message it becomes less defendable.
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