DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY?

Media has a dual role of not only protecting the public from a corrupt government, but also in shaping our perspectives. Making informed decisions depends upon receiving balanced, fact-based news. As such, the agenda of the Media must be kept under a microscope. If Media serves only the interests of government and corporations, where is that democratic watchdog, i.e., the Media? It’s fair to say, once faith in the Press is shattered, faith in democracy shatters too. And, while everyone knows major Media is driven largely by profits, there will always remain a need for principled journalism—patently. If Media no longer serves the interest of the People, the unspeakable implication is —we don’t really live in a democratic society. All the more reason to promote and support independent, investigative journalists.

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Wraithorn · 51-55, M

I agree. Democracy worldwide is now just a sham. I have heard many journalists complaining about their hands being tied with threats of being fired. There is very little independant media left and democracy is being oppressed because of it.

BoldSam · 46-50, F

@Wraithorn I feel for the most vulnerable.But don’t let this dissuade you. There is still hope and ways to participate. It's we who have to make the change and it has to be done together.

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@BoldSam That is one of the good things about the internet. We can share whatever information we want and that can help us to look through the illusion of bullshit. Unfortunately companies like Google and Facebook are being more and more manipulative. We need to be aware of that.

BoldSam · 46-50, F

@Wraithorn Things will be grim for many people in many countries, but do not despair . This question has more than one dialectological onionskin to patiently peel away. It seems there’s often a strange sort of sub-culturally reinforced wink and nod that’s shared among those supposedly in the know, but it’s really a mirror house of semantics one steps into when we ask that pure question with the hope of a pure answer.