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Mainstream media

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Can You Trust Mainstream Media?

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ENVY - Fourth Deadly Sin of Western Mainstream Media

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The Problem With Mainstream Media

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GREED - Second Deadly Sin of Western Mainstream Media

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Mainstream Media Commercial

Mainstream media (MSM) is a term and abbreviation used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence a large number of people, and both reflect and shape prevailing currents of thought. The term is used to contrast with alternative media which may contain content with more dissenting thought at variance with the prevailing views of mainstream sources.
  • United States 

  • Media mergers and concentration in the United States 

  • United Kingdom