Because of the fact that the conglomerates that are a part of the Big Ten control society, the smaller stores and businesses are unable to do anything without their approval; therefore, prohibiting their abilities to branch out and expand with new ideas for people to gather. This also effects the individuals in society with being exposed to different viewpoints and ideas because the only things that are being distributed through media are being filtered through the Big Ten's views and biases.
This, brings us to our side's final point. Because of these narrowed views, foreign countries have a skewed sense of what America is really like because of the ideals portrayed through the media due to the conglomerates deliveries via news, radio, TV, and magazines.
Granted, our opposing debaters made a few valid points, they did not convince us to sway our views on media conglomerates. Their main point was that media provides a way to see what is going on outside our typical Midwestern world and be more exposed to what's going on outside of what we see in our everyday lives. A media conglomerate is on balance according to the other side. They keep news production and their business goals separate (Yea right!) THey have billions of dollars at their disposal to entertain/inform us in any way possible...more like they have billions of dollars at their disposal to corrupt America and skew everyone's ideas to what they believe to be true! To all of their arguments, we say "For Shame!"
Overall, the debate really made us think more thoroughly about what is being presented to us on a daily basis by way of the multiple media conglomerates in America.
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