BPR Quote of the Day
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
Thomas Jefferson
This enlightened Founding Father understood that without an informed citizenry a democratic government would not function in the best interests of the people. Here is everything you wanted to know about Media Consolidation and wish weren’t so:
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Arlen Grossman, those on the Left do not want a well informed citizenry. Those on the Left want to turn us into mindless zombies.
Nonsense, Jeffrey. Are followers of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, etc your definition of well-informed citizenry?
Arlen Grossman, yes.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/politics/fox-news-viewers-tend-to-be-less-informed-says-new-study/article/433762
Arlen Grossman, I like Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage.
All of them are pretty much alike as it is. I don’t know that if they merged into one it would make a whole lot of difference. 😦
I wonder if Jefferson would rethink his position if he were alive. With 6 media companies controlling 90% of all media, we are only 5 mergers away from having a Soviet-style media monopoly.