Saturday, July 12, 2008

Wisdom from Bill Moyers

For anyone who questions the major media and how its members have turned into lap dogs for the powerful, this is an important read!

Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column?
by Bill Moyers

EXCERPT: Democracy without honest information creates the illusion of popular consent at the same time that it enhances the power of the state and the privileged interests that the state protects. And nothing characterizes corporate media today more than its disdain toward the fragile nature of modern life and its indifference toward the complex social debate required of a free and self-governing people.

Read entire essay at: http://www.truthout.org/article/is-fourth-estate-a-fifth-column
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