Elite media
The elite media is newspapers, radio stations, TV channels, and other media that influence the political agenda of other mass media. According to Noam Chomsky, "he elite media set a framework within which others operate.
The New York Times is used as an example of elite media by both Chomsky, a left-wing intellectual, and Bill O'Reilly, a right-wing commentator. The newspaper is in a structural position within the mass media, rather than a particular political agenda.
Conservatives may use the "Elite media" or "Media elite" in a pejorative context, referring to elites in reporting having scorn or disdain for working-class needs and values, and allegations that the reporting is biased and untrustworthy.
