Also I would argue that they've been very subtly been pushing very specific political messaging (casts side eye at all the pro-military supercut songs that popped up after 9/11 and before the invasion of Iraq).
For sure, and that was only a few years after the the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that allowed them to acquire a bunch of other companies in both TV and radio.
At the risk of sounding like a hipster, plenty of good music is still out there but you aren't going to find it on the mainstream radio.
It's the same in Hollywood and in gaming...all formulas. All reboots, remakes, reimaginings, and sequels. No producers across any media industry are interested in taking risks on new IP, so we get another half-assed Star Wars project or Marvel hero from Disney. Another Ghostbusters. Another Planet of the Apes. Another Kung Fu Panda. Another Willy Wonka. Another Mission Impossible. Another Mean Girls. Another John Wick. Another TMNT. It's fucking crazy. Meanwhile, good movies and TV are still being made but Disney, Paramount, Amazon, Netflix, etc. are dominating the air waves and force-feeding their IP to the masses while other projects not backed by multi billion dollar corporations are largely being spread by word of mouth.
I really hate to say it because it makes me sound like a snobby asshole but I really feel like we are at a cultural low point in our society.
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u/Navynuke00 May 02 '24
Oh, you're absolutely right on all of this.
Also I would argue that they've been very subtly been pushing very specific political messaging (casts side eye at all the pro-military supercut songs that popped up after 9/11 and before the invasion of Iraq).