In 1958, Edward R. Murrow warned that radio and television were becoming mere "wires and lights in a box" divorced from their democratic purpose.
That prediction is coming true as CBS Radio News, the organization Murrow built into an American institution, shuts down.
theconversation.com/as-goes-cb…
As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
There was once a bipartisan consensus that media power had to be regulated if democracy were to survive.The Conversation
Preston MacDougall
in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •To quote the inimitable David Letterman while appearing on The Late Show with #StrephenColbert and paraphrasing Edward R. Murrow in a comment directed to #CBS and #Paramount executives: “Good night and good luck, Motherfuckers!”
#Resist hilariously.
Andreas K
in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •I think the bigger issue currently is that there is no consensus that democracy is worthwhile to defend if it inconveniences the rich.
IMHO, media concentration and deregulation is probably one of the reasons we are where we are. In the USA and in other countries too.