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Basically it's a critical term for those media outlets that are considered controlled by politicians, military intelligence, bankers and big corporations with big funding, but that are rapidly being made obsolete by more neutral news in the form of bloggers and alternative online news outlets. | Basically it's a critical term for those media outlets that are considered controlled by politicians, military intelligence, bankers and big corporations with big funding, but that are rapidly being made obsolete by more neutral news in the form of bloggers and alternative online news outlets. | ||
| − | The phrase has gained popularity as traditional media sources shrink and lay off staff. | + | The phrase has gained popularity as recent research shows only 6%<ref>[https://www.rt.com/usa/340124-americans-trust-media-plummets/ Only 6% of Americans trust the media – survey]</ref>of Americans trust the mainstream media and traditional media sources shrink and lay off staff. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:35, August 3, 2016
Dinosaur media in modern slang refers refers to the mainstream free-to-air and pay tv television news channels, newspapers and magazines.
Basically it's a critical term for those media outlets that are considered controlled by politicians, military intelligence, bankers and big corporations with big funding, but that are rapidly being made obsolete by more neutral news in the form of bloggers and alternative online news outlets.
The phrase has gained popularity as recent research shows only 6%[1]of Americans trust the mainstream media and traditional media sources shrink and lay off staff.