A weblog with random thoughts and reflections on society and ecology.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2003
The Abysmal State of US Media
Pointing out the shortcomings of the US media is trite, but it does need to be repeated. A true democratic and useful media would (a) give a voice to all sides of an issue, (b) represent the various views in a fair way, (c) present in-depth analysis of serious issues from several viewpoints, (d) give a venue to the voices critical of accepted views, (e) make their own bias (we all have one) explicit. The US media, owned by a few large corporations, do none of these. They rather see their role as (a) entertaining (even with the serious issues), and (b) support the interest of large corporations and the government (and those are aligned most of the time).
Fortunately, there are alternatives, and more and more people are becoming aware of the situation.
18:00
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