Democracy and the Media
Jul. 12th, 2008 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithHere is a withering and precise explanation of how corporate media is contributing to the erosion of democracy in America.
Democracy only works when an informed public makes sound decisions. When the news is all crammed with infotainment that turns out to be inaccurate, that undermines people's ability to make sound decisions. Look around you at the crashing economy, housing collapse, unemployment surge in which many people have simply given up searching for nonexistent jobs, and $4/gallon gasoline. Bad information spread by sloppy journalism has and continues to contribue to all of that.
The real journalists I described in an earlier post are all being removed from the field by "businessmen" who are buying out newspapers and other media. The purpose of newspapers is no longer to discover and spread news; it is only to make money. The more portions of the economy are taken over by businessmen, the worse the goods and services become, because quality is no longer a priority -- only money. In other words, those people are behaving like parasites, only interested in fleecing their customers rather than giving solid value for a reasonable price. More disaster ensues.
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Democracy only works when an informed public makes sound decisions. When the news is all crammed with infotainment that turns out to be inaccurate, that undermines people's ability to make sound decisions. Look around you at the crashing economy, housing collapse, unemployment surge in which many people have simply given up searching for nonexistent jobs, and $4/gallon gasoline. Bad information spread by sloppy journalism has and continues to contribue to all of that.
The real journalists I described in an earlier post are all being removed from the field by "businessmen" who are buying out newspapers and other media. The purpose of newspapers is no longer to discover and spread news; it is only to make money. The more portions of the economy are taken over by businessmen, the worse the goods and services become, because quality is no longer a priority -- only money. In other words, those people are behaving like parasites, only interested in fleecing their customers rather than giving solid value for a reasonable price. More disaster ensues.
Do you hate this?
- Visit Save the Internet where you can find more information, tell Congress to make net neutrality the law, sign up for alerts, or donate funds.
- Visit the Free Press Action Network where you can learn about media issues, follow FPAN campaigns, sign up for alerts or daily headlines, or donate funds.
