Propaganda is the Theme of the Day

From Ad Age:

"Something's rotten with the state of media. Nearly half -- 48.9% -- of senior marketing executives admit to paying for editorial or broadcast brand placement, according to an industrywide survey just released by PRWeek and PR agency Manning Selvage & Lee.

Lax journalism standards may be harming the image of the media, said Mark Hass of Manning Selvage & Lee."

Here's another quote from the article that cracked me up:

"Media experts found the survey's findings appalling. "I think there is a very short life span for publishers with no standards," said Alex Jones, director of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy."

What rubbish. Publishers have been printing propaganda for ages. The UK Guardian and the NYT are two examples of long running publications that are run by trusts and have survived for ages. Time magazine is another one. When Time magazine's misreporting of Haditha is finally exposed in full on the internet, do you think the publication will fold? Not bloody likely.