The tipping point for media reform
Common Dreams
by Megan Tady
06/08/08
There are moments in every decade when monumental struggles for social change finally tip in favor of the public interest. We’ve seen the relief of a 40-hour work week, the long-awaited arrival of women’s right to vote, and the even longer fight to end segregation. This decade — now — we’re facing another tipping point. Our fight is to reform our broken media system, and to stop heavy-handed corporate control of what Americans read, watch and hear.Ensuring that our press act as watchdogs for the American people is at the heart of a thriving democracy...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/08/9494/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+control
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Megan+Tady
by Megan Tady
06/08/08
There are moments in every decade when monumental struggles for social change finally tip in favor of the public interest. We’ve seen the relief of a 40-hour work week, the long-awaited arrival of women’s right to vote, and the even longer fight to end segregation. This decade — now — we’re facing another tipping point. Our fight is to reform our broken media system, and to stop heavy-handed corporate control of what Americans read, watch and hear.Ensuring that our press act as watchdogs for the American people is at the heart of a thriving democracy...
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/08/9494/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+control
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Megan+Tady
rudkla - 9. Jun, 09:14
