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Remember the theory that if you let 100 monkeys type long enough youeventually get a copy of a Shakespearean play? Well someone is apparently trying it. They haven't got Shakespear yet but they did get www.hoax-busters.org

Old media is not controlled by just a few people. Only someone who doesn't work in the media or know much about it would say that. There are more newspapers than in just the half dozen major cities, you know. And there are many, many, many small chains or just family owned papers. MANY!

Don't even try to read that hoax-buster website; it could truly make you insane. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. The guy who wrote it is obviously a nutcase, and not an authority of any sort. You might just find him as another member of the Jesus Seminar soon...

I agree that the media *appears* diverse - as in there are many types of media. It is, however, managed by only a few corporations.

And if you compare Major U.S. cities to other world cities, the U.S. cities pale in comparison to them. Take Mumbai, in India. They have at least twelve different daily newspapers - all independently owned.

FOr bgone's statement, it's interesting to read it in conjunction with the previous post. bgone stated that NBC and CBS believe that the bible is the word of god, just after anonymous finished saying that those two media outlets are owned by Jewish men.

What I see in the media is mostly neglect and apathy towards regligion. However, when it is mentioned it's usually negative (abusive catholic priests, evils of mega-churches, high profile leaders falling...).

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An aside to BGONE...

Wow...that is some serious academic research there (the hoax website). Did the author's 3-grader make those illustrations? Seriously.

I also doubt that NBC, ABC, and CBS concur that the Bible is the word of God.

BGone, you are wrong. The mainstream media does not "believe" that the Bible is the word of God, only acknowledges that many of their viewers and readers think so. By the way, if God himself does not exist, why do you concern yourself with what he could or could not have spoken or written? I do agree that there is not anywhere near enough diversity in the realm of public information. There is a bias on both d=sides in favor of celebrity worship, poorly proved arguments and ad hominem attacks.

mass heart and mass tongue.
the mass culture and mass media of society is the same.
the mass culture in the western society is based on 4:
1-ot
2-nt
3-philosophy and mythology of greco-roman.
4-science and technology of the time.

ot and nt donot exceed the boundry of the church ,because they donot have life system.

although the majority of the mass people of the western society are belivers ,but their actual life practice is securalism.,the best of securalism brought to the mass public liberalism and captialism,the mass buck culture and its mass tongue the mass media.

so in real life the religion that is being doctornized and ritualized in the western society is the religion of the buck and its mass tongue that it reach and preach day and night for the mass public.
scholars of religion as well as the mass public need to seriously sit down and examine and test their back ground ,if not, the buck will keep floating over morality and virtues.

For example, "700 Club" has an almost different slant on religion as compred to CBS, NBC and ABC to say nothing of FOX. All agree on one thing, the Bible is the word of God.

The Bible is a proved hoax, http://www.hoax-buster.org so they're all wrong. That's how things have been for a long time. Many can and have looked back and seen the mistake of embracing the hoax in the past but few are capable of realizing the gravity of embracing it now.

"A bit like religion and spirituality in America, the media are highly diverse"

You have to be kidding me!

Diversity a la Zell, who just bought the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other local TV stations and daily newspapers.

What about NBC which owns Universal pictures or the Time Warner (CNN, WB, and Warner Bros pictures) or how about Fox media etc.

There is no diversity in media aside from 5 or so major corporations. They control local, national news, magazines, newspapers and the motion picture industry. And of course we should never dare mention that the majority are Jewish men. Zucker - nbc, Meyers - WB, Redstone - MTV, Moonves - CBS, Geffen - Dreamworks, Grey - Universal. etc. etc. etc.

If you believe there is "diversity" in media then you are a fool.