First and foremost, the purpose of the Media is to be the “Watchdogs of Society.”  We can’t always be ever-vigilant and know what is going on at all times, so the Media solves this problem for us – or at least it’s supposed to.

The problem is, most media sources are owned by bigger companies.  These companies, in turn, act as “Gatekeepers.”  So let’s say Microsoft bought out CNN.  If Microsoft does something really fucked up, CNN cannot report on it because Microsoft is their parent company.  Nor can FOX or USA Today for that matter.  Because Microsoft can just pull advertising, causing the two to lose money.

In case you’re not aware, they make the majority of their money from advertising (otherwise Newspapers, etc would be a lot more expensive).

To what does this all equate?  Media Censorship.

Enter the real issue at hand:  Ron Paul’s candidacy.

I feel like the masses don’t even know that he’s running for president, or that he’s even doing well.  I was at work this morning, watching CNN report about Santorum dropping out (thank god) of the race.  It depresses me how quick they were to talk about Romney vs. Obama – especially since they made a point to post in the footnotes (in tiny text) that Ron Paul is still in the race.

This isn’t even the first time it’s happened.  Ralph Nader got almost no media coverage (because even bad PR can be good PR).  Hell, he was banned from the major political debates.

Why do they lack media attention?  Because they oppose the very corporations that own the media.

-I will stop ranting and get to the main point of my post:

I would absolutely love to work as a journalist after graduation, but what’s the point if I’m not even allowed to do my job?

(as I side note, if I made any factual errors, please correct me – I would love to be wrong about this)