Corporate Media and the Right to Know of the American Public
Searching for quality information about currently important topics is truly a
challenge.
The people need accurate, timely and relevant data to understand the issues that
affect them so they can...
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Corporate Media and the Right to Know of the American Public
Searching for quality information about currently important topics is truly a
challenge.
The people need accurate, timely and relevant data to understand the issues that
affect them so they can make intelligent decisions.
Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding
Fathers, even said that an informed citizenry was the bedrock of true democracy.
The media
plays an essential role in having this, an informed citizenry.
Amy Goodman of Democracy
Now comments on the importance of the media
Unfortunately corporate media often floods the airwaves with meaningless
trivialities while the real issues go undebated and false claims go unchallenged.
Thus the
important questions aren’t even asked.
This is no accident.
When the institutions that are supposed to be investigated spend hundreds of
millions of dollars sponsoring influential news organizations like CNN, Time-Warner,
Disney, FOX and a few other media giants it is no surprise that
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