The whole sequence of events of late---the Woodward revelation, the charge of rigging of the Iraqi press, the WMD etc,----has formed a picture of the decline of the independent press in America and in it's place has arisen just another special interest group to be bought and sold?
Click on the post for an article from PressThink that goes over this development. There has been speculation that this is just the function of being in the second term presidency, but PressThink thinks this is far larger.
The flip side of the decline of independent press described, is the rise of the blogs or citizen media. The powers that be have a real problem with citizen media because it is hard to buy the internet or suppress dissent. Yet that dissent and discussion is exactly what the freedom of America is all about. Something to think about.
What do you think? You make the call.
Friday, December 02, 2005
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If you place the cursor over the title line and then click, it will take you to the article in PressThink.
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