Murdoch: Bad for Journalism, Bad for Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/01/2897/
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All Rupert, All the Time
Eric Alterman, writing for The Nation, argues: "The genius of Murdoch's propaganda network is that by aping real news organizations, he helps himself to all kinds of tax breaks and constitutional privileges unavailable to nonmedia moguls, to say nothing of effects on elections and popular opinion. That he devalues the privileges and responsibilities of the press in America matters little to Murdoch, who appears to care nothing for traditional notions of respectability and treats journalists as no more important than the people who use his newspapers to wrap fish and chips."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080107H.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Josh+Silver
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Alterman
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All Rupert, All the Time
Eric Alterman, writing for The Nation, argues: "The genius of Murdoch's propaganda network is that by aping real news organizations, he helps himself to all kinds of tax breaks and constitutional privileges unavailable to nonmedia moguls, to say nothing of effects on elections and popular opinion. That he devalues the privileges and responsibilities of the press in America matters little to Murdoch, who appears to care nothing for traditional notions of respectability and treats journalists as no more important than the people who use his newspapers to wrap fish and chips."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080107H.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Josh+Silver
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Alterman
rudkla - 1. Aug, 22:44
