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A 6 page paper the politics of journalism in a consolidated industry. The 1990s was a decade of consolidation in all industries, a trend which did not spare journalism. Of course the best known merger was that of AOL and Time-Warner, a merger that has been plagued by infighting, lack of credibility and declining stock value for investors. Others occurred during the same period, of course, such as Disney’s acquisition of ABC. Layered acquisitions and the prospect of more to follow have created a wealth of ethical and political questions targeting the future of journalism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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1990s was a decade of consolidation in all industries, a trend which did not spare journalism. Of course the best known merger was that of AOL and Time-Warner, a
merger that has been plagued by infighting, lack of credibility and declining stock value for investors. Others occurred during the same period, of course, such as Disneys acquisition of
ABC (Furman, 2002). Layered acquisitions and the prospect of more to follow have created a wealth of ethical and political questions targeting the future of journalism. Shady Dealings
In this era of corporate irresponsibility and accounting scandals, AOL Time Warner announced in late 2002 that it would be restating results for 2001.
It had discovered an accounting error resulting in the reporting of $49 million more in revenues than it actually received (Stein, 2002). As former AOL and Time-Warner management
continue their infighting and public disputes, the new company continues to lose ground to competitors such as Comcast. Liebes (2000) notes that the
publics trust of the media in general had eroded significantly by the end of the 1990s, and that consolidations product had been "conflict between journalists and owners" (p. 295).
Issues include "the extent and nature of news editing, framing of news stories, news value, newsworthiness, watchdog journalism, and trust in accuracy of news coverage" (Liebes, 2000; p. 295).
The Iraqi war eased much of the publics distrust as they were able to see conditions and scenes for themselves. For their part,
journalists trying to cover corporations find themselves struggling to discover any information not already free for anyones view. McNair (2002) writes that "Reporters who cover corporations might as well
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