1. Money, Media, and Political Power
... that is close to meaningless and often worse. It has eroded the central requirement of a democracy that those who are governed give not only their consent but their informed consent"(Ben Bagdikian, pg. 192). The money that the media companies donate to the politicians comes straight from the advertising money that they have made from the commercials that they run during ... news and analyses of progressive ideas and groups are close to absent in the major media. Similarly absent is commentary on dangers of this political one-sidedness to American democracy"(Ben Bagdikian pg. XV-XVI). Me...
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