# I'm tired of mainstream media insisting on "balanced" news **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-mainstream-media-insisting-on-balanced-news/508859 "2009-09-04T14:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Dick\_Dastardly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Dick\_Dastardly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dick_Dastardly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-mainstream-media-insisting-on-balanced-news/508859/30 "2009-09-09T02:10:10Z")
I’m not retracting anything. Ownership of media by companies that do business with the government isn’t allowed anywhere else in the world, or at least in anyo other democracy. I can’t remember where I read it and I’m not getting any luck with google but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Prove me wrong. Find another democracy where media is owned by a company that does government contracting. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-mainstream-media-insisting-on-balanced-news/508859)._