It’s Not Right-Left, It’s Top-Down: The Truth About The Media

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It’s Not Right-Left, It’s Top-Down: The Truth About The Media

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When many of us think of the free press, we don’t immediately think of massive corporations owned and orchestrated by still larger entities—we think of good and honest journalism. And that is exactly what they want you to think.

In this talk, Owen Mageau, an author and recent graduate himself, will share stories and insights from his book, It’s Not Right-Left, It’s Top-Down: The Truth About The Media. The book is about the mainstream news media in the United States and how its structure of corporate ownership prevents the news outlets from being the objective, reputable news sources they claim to be. The book illustrates the problems with this system and how to fix the American news media by making them beholden to the American people and not just their corporate owners.

Mageau wrote this book with hopes that it would help wake people up to the con game being played by the corporately owned mainstream media, as well as the devastating effects this has on our country.

Americans are very good at discrediting news as ‘fake news’ if it comes from the other team, while blindly trusting the sources they believe to be on their side. This is a serious problem, because the reality is that all of the corporately owned media outlets in our country are not providing an objective, wholesome version of what is going on in our country and around the world. This leads to a polarized public that is constantly fighting amongst each other, based on distorted views of the truth. All the while, it distracts the American people from the real root of their problems: the corporate elite of this country who own the media and shape our country’s politics to benefit them at the expense of the masses.

Mageau will share from his book with hopes to educate people on this issue and help them understand, not only that they are right to question the media’s objectivity, but why the media behaves the way it does. The talk will also cover how to improve the news media in our country.

In addition to covering topics and insights from It’s Not Right-Left, It’s Top-Down: The Truth About The Media, Mageau will offer advice to the recent college graduate on how to get moving in the right direction post-graduation. Having graduated into the pandemic in 2020 and already having a book published among other things, Mageau is in a unique position to provide great advice for his peers. Don’t miss it!

Speaker Bio

Owen Mageau grew up in Duluth, Minnesota and studied political science and journalism at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a sports reporter for the Minnesota Daily, a contributing writer for University of Minnesota Athletics, and a writer for the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. He also has experience as a tutor of many subjects and will be a social studies teacher after he completes his Master’s in Education at the University of Minnesota.

It’s Not Right-Left, It’s Top-Down: The Truth About The Media

Owen Mageau

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