"The news we need to know to keep our freedoms"
OK, now that the 15-foot potatoes are out of the way, journalist and documentarian Bill Moyers reflects on the state of journalism and the challenges facing it. He's not very optimistic.
A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye to eye in putting the public’s need for news second to their own interests -- and to the ideology of free-market economics.
Nor could they have foreseen the rise of a quasi-official partisan press serving as a mighty megaphone for the regime in power.
If you love our country, you will find the trends he describes deeply troubling.
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Frightening stuff.
I really worry about the future of free speech and dissent.
Posted on September 21, 2004 10:17 PM
"If you love our country, you will find the trends he describes deeply troubling."
Fact is: It scares me beyond anything else I know, even the monster under my bed.
Posted on September 21, 2004 11:21 PM
Forwarned is for-armed.
Posted on September 22, 2004 8:45 AM