PBS NewsHour
Published on Apr 2, 2018

Corporate media may be your local news as well as national mainstream media corporations.

Take Action: Add your voice to the call to cancel the Sinclair-Tribune merger (By FreePress.net):  Local communities deserve locally produced media that meets their needs — not cheap cookie-cutter coverage that spreads propaganda and pads profits for an unscrupulous media empire.

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Of Interest:

In this concise pamphlet, media scholar Robert W. McChesney “sound[s] a compelling warning that corporate control of the mass media has made ominous inroads into our democracy” (Ben Bagdikian).

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“McChesney’s work has been of extraordinary importance … It should be read with care and concern by people who care about freedom and basic rights.”

“In this passionate and strikingly lucid essay, Robert McChesney makes clear why all of us should be alarmed about the effects of media mergers on the future of American democracy. This is a must reading for anyone who wants to get a quick understanding of this troubling trend.”

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  1. Gio Con April 3, 2018 at 10:24 AM

    And let’s not forget that Pai was appointed to the FCC by Obama in May 2012, at the recommendation of Mitch McConnell. The enemy is the deep state — in all of its political dressings.

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