tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post5792857785762039231..comments2023-10-16T02:49:20.192-07:00Comments on Our Rants & Raves!: The Decline of American JournalismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-24993327226697012662009-05-18T11:15:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:15:00.000-07:00I totally agree Infidel, except I would like corpo...I totally agree Infidel, except I would like corporate news to work for the American people too. There is a way - re-regulate so that corporate media is less powerful, more local, more responsible, and answerable to the people. Screw the GOP and their deregulation propaganda. The people won't listen to their lies anymore. I obviously love the Internet, but I want both. We need a free Internet to work hand-in-hand with a free and unfettered corporate press.<br /><br />It's also important to off-set that large chunk of lazy-ass Americans who will never bother to read/watch the Internet. There will always be people who will want to be TOLD a point of view by TV/corporate talking heads. I think they're the tards who elected Bush - many are independents too. We need reform to make sure they don't harm us again.Michael Bohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802461239955936784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-84891943247286231032009-05-18T10:45:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:45:00.000-07:00It's no wonder that viewership for TV news, and re...It's no wonder that viewership for TV news, and readership of newspapers, is declining steadily.<br /><br />The internet provides an alternative.<br /><br />The greatest benefit of the internet is not that it favors or disfavors this or that point of view, but that it has decentralized control over the flow of information. No longer can a small group of people decide what is and is not news, and which issues ought to be talked about. We can work around the consensus.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com