I know I just wrote about this yesterday – probably why I’m sensitive to the issue right now. But honestly, The Herald, could the front page last night have been any worse? The top several articles are all death / grief porn, and the rest are sports and celebrity fluff. Is this really what we want from “news” media? Is it really what we need?
Thomas Jefferson said “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people…they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” He was right. But neither “the market” nor the current government is interested in educating and informing. If we put up with it then we get what we deserve…
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