When just a few billionaires and right-wing corporations control our most visible media, national journalism serves not the public, but narrow business and ideological interests.
The examples provided in this piece help drive home the issue of media ownership and the role it plays in shaping the 'news' we consume. While the degraded state of journalism has taken decades to develop, we probably don't have decades to correct the corrosive effects of corporate and oligarch control of information in our society.
Good work on this piece. I'm sure many can benefit from your efforts.
Absolutely, Curt. The whole point of Public Enlightenment is to drive home the need for media reform in simple, easily digestible ways, build up a large subscriber base, and direct those subscribers to take meaningful action. Please share far and wide if you are so inclined.
Brian, what better way to push back on all the corporate media and corporate propaganda that is being spread around America than with this article like yours. Thank You for sharing it with us. I think this is an excellent article with a lot of great content.
Thanks so much, Mickey. My colleagues at the Media and Democracy Project are an all-volunteer, non-partisan group working towards a better informed electorate. We made a searchable local journalism directory so folks can make healthier media choices. Every time we click on an article or a social media post, we communicate back to a matrix that is incentivized to give us more of the same. Our choices can have a big impact in altering the structure of our media system. We are also taking on disinformers like Fox News. Check out foxpetition.com and mediaanddemocracyproject.org. Thanks again.
So true. Post reporters and editors should’ve expected that Bezos wouldn’t treat them any differently from his warehouse workers. They should’ve deep dived into his management models and economic philosophy not to mention his hubris. They dropped the ball on investigating the harsh working conditions of Amazon workers. He’s a good billionaire because he’s on “our side”. Look where that got them. Ben Bradlee is turning over in his grave,
The examples provided in this piece help drive home the issue of media ownership and the role it plays in shaping the 'news' we consume. While the degraded state of journalism has taken decades to develop, we probably don't have decades to correct the corrosive effects of corporate and oligarch control of information in our society.
Good work on this piece. I'm sure many can benefit from your efforts.
Absolutely, Curt. The whole point of Public Enlightenment is to drive home the need for media reform in simple, easily digestible ways, build up a large subscriber base, and direct those subscribers to take meaningful action. Please share far and wide if you are so inclined.
Thank for sending. Appreciate astute observations!
Thanks, Dee. Please check out my other articles and share them so we can build this movement.
Brian, what better way to push back on all the corporate media and corporate propaganda that is being spread around America than with this article like yours. Thank You for sharing it with us. I think this is an excellent article with a lot of great content.
Thanks so much, Mickey. My colleagues at the Media and Democracy Project are an all-volunteer, non-partisan group working towards a better informed electorate. We made a searchable local journalism directory so folks can make healthier media choices. Every time we click on an article or a social media post, we communicate back to a matrix that is incentivized to give us more of the same. Our choices can have a big impact in altering the structure of our media system. We are also taking on disinformers like Fox News. Check out foxpetition.com and mediaanddemocracyproject.org. Thanks again.
There are facts! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Of course, Huley. Please share the piece with everyone you know who wants healthier information and more diverse media.
So true. Post reporters and editors should’ve expected that Bezos wouldn’t treat them any differently from his warehouse workers. They should’ve deep dived into his management models and economic philosophy not to mention his hubris. They dropped the ball on investigating the harsh working conditions of Amazon workers. He’s a good billionaire because he’s on “our side”. Look where that got them. Ben Bradlee is turning over in his grave,