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How Big Money and Big Media Undermine Democracy

By Mark | November 11, 2013

I have very little to add in the way of comment, but I wanted to let all of you know that Bill Moyers just interviewed John Nichols and Robert McChesney, the authors of the new book Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America, and it’s incredibly fascinating stuff… And, by “incredibly […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Rants | Also tagged Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, Dollarocracy, Gannett Company, get the money out of Washington, John Nichols, journalism, media consolidation, money as free speech, news, news media, nightly news, political ads, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism | 7 Comments

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