Gore lashes out at media consolidation
Wichita Eagle
08/27/06
Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday ever-tighter political and economic control of the media is a major threat to democracy. Gore said the goal behind his year-old 'interactive' television channel Current TV was to encourage the kind of democratic dialogue that thrives online but is increasingly rare on TV. 'Democracy is under attack,' Gore told an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. "Democracy as a system for self-governance is facing more serious challenges now than it has faced for a long time...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
08/27/06
Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday ever-tighter political and economic control of the media is a major threat to democracy. Gore said the goal behind his year-old 'interactive' television channel Current TV was to encourage the kind of democratic dialogue that thrives online but is increasingly rare on TV. 'Democracy is under attack,' Gore told an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. "Democracy as a system for self-governance is facing more serious challenges now than it has faced for a long time...
http://tinyurl.com/ptxwl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 28. Aug, 13:29
