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Countering Corporate-Owned Media (part 1)
Posted by no-more | October 19, 2009 6:10:44 AM
Democracy Now is one of the only (if not THE only) non-profit, non-corporate-sponsored media outlets in this country. Being a Washington D.C. resident my entire life, I can't help but have an interest in political and world news. NPR is good though its integrity is compromised due to its dependency on corporate underwriting ? that seems to have increased in recent years.
How can one trust any news source that relies on for-profit corporations that state in their charters? that their first interest in their stock holders ? not for the public good? Short answer is to perform one's own due diligence on all news sources rather than trust the authenticity of the mainstream media. Investigative reporting budgets have been slashed by corporate-owned media outlets. The number of stories published/broadcast that are not investigated nor collaborated increases each year.
The American public is increasingly dependent on 'faith-based' reporting. That is to say that recent reporting seems ...
Standing up to the Madness
Posted by frugal1 | May 4, 2009 1:33:38 PM
I have been a listener and viewer of Democracy Now for many years. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Goodman at the 2009 L.A. Festival of Books, where she graciously commented on my Democracy Now baseball cap, and she autographed her latest book, "Standing Up To The Madness." Many progressive media outlets do a good job, but few, if any, do as good a job as Democracy Now. Fewer still, receive Charity Navigator's highest rating. In this era, where so many important news stories are either underreported, or not reported at all, it is vitally important to support Democracy Now, and that is what I am doing. Won't you join me?
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Countering Corporate-Owned Media (part 2)
Posted by no-more | October 19, 2009 6:10:46 AM
...more inclined toward generating emotional responses and tapping into their audiences beliefs rather than delivering verified facts.
While I would not listen to Democracy Now without an ear out for leftist bias, its reporting is superior in depth of coverage as well as courageously tackling stories that may not be appreciated by the people and corporations that yield power in our country - be those political, economic, religious, to otherwise influential.
Support Democracy Now so that we still have a democracy later. (No I do not work for Dem. Now, nor does anyone I know).