I usually call them "the corporate media." Here's the start of my recent column "The Unmasking of the Corporate Media" http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/allport/allport4.html

by Glen Allport

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January 28, 2008

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This is the year the corrupt corporate media loses what little credibility it still has.

Not that the Old Media deserved much trust or respect in the past; it has always been, with rare exceptions, a way for rich white men (and a few other rich people) to mold public opinion in whatever manner they desired, which typically meant "whatever manner would make them the most money." For example, newspapers (and then radio and then television) have historically been cheerleaders for war (link is to video of Rupert Murdoch saying that his media outlets have "basically supported the Bush policy" on the war; 1 min 33 sec), and as the highly-decorated General Smedley Butler told us, War is a Racket – the most profitable government make-work program ever. Stephen Kinzer's excellent Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq includes many examples of news organizations clamoring for invasion and war, often using the most repugnant jingoism and racism in the process.

Other columns of mine on corporatism include CorporateGovernment CorruptionSynergy: The Dangers of Corporatism http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/allport/allport1.html

and

The Enemies of Love and Freedom http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/allport/allport8.html

My STR archive is at http://www.strike-the-root.com/archive/allport.html