1.agitprop 2. "A technologically conditioned monopoly of communication." 3. normative: "principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior."
t fredric jones
"They hate us for our freedom" ABC, NBC, CBS after 2011
Lyrics
Primetime News
1.
I'd like to talk about Democracy
I'd like to say a word about the press;
The funny thing about Democracy
It just can't get along without the press.
But when somebody takes your freedom,
There's someone to hide the news;
When somebody wants to string you along
Sell you some lies
Sing you a song—
It's plain (to see) what they think
On the prime-time news
To them we're (all) just dumbed-down cows.
[orchestra interlude with double bass]
2.
Now how do you think it ever got this way,
Where ever did we all go wrong?
Who had the bucks to make the public pay
When no one ever even signed on?
They already own the stations
They already manage your news
They've already bought the magazine stand
Public TV--It ain't always free--
The price we pay
So they can have their way
Is listening to the prime-time news;
The price we pay
So they can have their say
Is listening to the prime-time,
dumbed-down,
evening news.
