A must-read classic. Lost History by Robert Parry. Conglomerates and the Media edited by Erik Barnouw, with Intro by Todd Gitlin. Our democracy has been placed in the way of danger by news that under-informs, sold to a population that doesn't know enough about itself to exercise its choices . . . . In a free society, news is fuel.
News is blood.
We are citizens with a voting franchise. Indeed, the bias appears to be toward supporting US foreign policy and being careful not to step on major corporate toes. Cracks open the truth about US military control of press coverage of the Gulf War and propaganda substituted for news. Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy by Robert W. McChesney. Issues of media ownership should be treated as matters of public policy rather than strictly business.