Media Corruption.....The Inspiration for Dominion: Media Matters

Dominion: Media Matters is a take off of the silent corruption that takes place in the media industry.  These “professionals” have the power to shape public opinion. Those who are morally corrupt will continue to harm the public until those who hold strong moral character step up to take on these giants for the good of the nation. In our story, Jonathan Zander, a media mogul, has an agenda to defraud the nation through merging his company with several others, and using his platform to increase profits at any cost. Its up to protagonist Sheldon Marcus to decide whether he’ll enjoy the vast riches of being a member of such a prestigious corporation, or allow his ethics to guide him down the right path.

Bloggers at blogcritics.org summarize the journalistic epidemic:

“Unfortunately, today most of the news rooms have gone from media bias, to engaging in media corruption. While media bias is a breach of the fundamental journalistic standards that may lead to loss of the public trust, media corruption is the use of criminal devices to manipulate or defraud the public, and destroys our societal moral fabric.

With the proliferation of technological advances, and subsequent increased ambitions on the global socio-political/economic platform, so too have the ambitions in newsrooms across the nation increased. No longer do media journalists prioritize source accuracy and reliability in news reporting over ratings.

Unthinkable as it once was, today journalists fabricate stories, create fraudulent documents to pass them off as evidentiary facts, and for personal gain even collude with elements of society to sabotage rivals, hurt their enemies, and control the masses. Right or wrong, they do whatever pleases them.

Who wouldn't? Given the tenets of the press, they can make up "undisclosed sources", fabricate stories of events that never happened, slander/ libel individuals, engage in every level of criminality, and in the name of journalism arrogantly invoke the protections of the profession, make millions, and become "red carpet stars."

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/media-bias-vs-media-corruption/