Looking back over the past three decades, the cost of the Left’s complacency on media – i.e. its failure to create a reliable way to get important facts to the public and to counter the Right’s propaganda machine – has been almost beyond calculation.
America’s right-leaning media imbalance was a big reason why George W. Bush was able to misgovern the United States for eight years, leaving the nation in two bloody wars and wallowing in ...
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This analysis of the recent history and current unfair and unbalanced status of journalism, plus a plan for obtaining balance is journalism at its best. It provides a different, and essential, point of view.
Parry provides an astute analysis of the default by progressives away from exercising any authority in the major media. He chronicles the calculated financial takeover by radical right organizations and wealthy individuals. He advocates for ethical people to realize the need to revitalize ethical journalism if ethical government is to grow and survive.
This is highly recommended reading. If you currently have bought the false myth of "liberal media bias" that is allways asserted by the right rich corporate medai, then you may have to adjust your goggles. I fully agree with Parry.
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