Great article- the mainstream media has failed the public and democracy time and again. I almost hate the weather forecast- 80 degrees in Indiana at the end of October but never a mention of climate change! Trump and his sidekick, the biggest threat to democracy since Adolph Hitler and The Washington Post and LA Times are too cowardly to make an endorsement for President. Is it time for public ownership (not government) of major media? Can Progress Report and like reach enough of the public? The only laugh will be if Trump wins, is that he will crush those cowards if they don't bend to his dictatorship. Of course, being cowards they will bow.
I think you hit the nail on the head by mentioning the medias fear of being endlessly targeted by irrational followers.
It reminds me in my field of mental health of the caution we use when approaching an unmedicated paranoid schizophrenic. We naturally take a lot of proactive responsibility.
Great article- the mainstream media has failed the public and democracy time and again. I almost hate the weather forecast- 80 degrees in Indiana at the end of October but never a mention of climate change! Trump and his sidekick, the biggest threat to democracy since Adolph Hitler and The Washington Post and LA Times are too cowardly to make an endorsement for President. Is it time for public ownership (not government) of major media? Can Progress Report and like reach enough of the public? The only laugh will be if Trump wins, is that he will crush those cowards if they don't bend to his dictatorship. Of course, being cowards they will bow.
Nicely outlined.
I think you hit the nail on the head by mentioning the medias fear of being endlessly targeted by irrational followers.
It reminds me in my field of mental health of the caution we use when approaching an unmedicated paranoid schizophrenic. We naturally take a lot of proactive responsibility.
Thanks very much again!