Appalling Spread of False Information Requires Stronger Media Accountability

"A free press is supposed to function as our democracy's immune system against . . . gross errors of fact and understanding," wrote Al Gore in his book, The Assault on Reason. But it doesn't - as Gore explains -- and that is what makes the mass media one of the most important obstacles to social and economic progress in the 21st century.
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A 2008 study by the Center for Public Integrity, "The War Card: Orchestrated Deception on the Path to ... Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

THe author posits that the mass media is "one of the most important obstacles to social and economic progress in the 21st century," and then supplies some eveidence to back up his perhaps over-reaching asseetion.

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Beth Jones
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by Beth Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

A fairly decent if superficial summary of the consequences of our corporate-owned media paradigm.

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