Our Media, Not Theirs by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: non.fiction
ISBN: 9781609802820
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2011-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

Global Media and its Discontents

“Broadcasting is too important to the functioning of a democracy for decisions to be left entirely to the broadcasters.”

—TONY BENN, British parlimentarian

“Our democracy depends on the free flow of ideals and information. When that flow is blocked, and our access to information is controlled by the few and the wealthy, our ability to make informed choices suffers, as does our democracy. This is exactly what is happening as media conglomerates continue to increase their share of the communications market unfettered by government regulation or control … [A] healthy democracy demands an informed electorate. We need policies that limit media concentration and ensure a rich exchange of ideas. We believe that diversity of expression must be promoted through tax incentives to assist community groups, cooperatives, or entrepreneurs to invest in community media, and that newspaper owners should not also own broadcasting corporations.”

—Platform of Canada’s

New Democratic Party, 2001

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