Check out this piece on Huffpo, “Air America’s ABC Blacklist,” [1] co-written by Josh Silver (Executive Director of Free Press [2]) and Robert McChesney (co-founder of Free Press [2])
This week 90 major corporations demanded that their ads be pulled from radio stations that run Air America programming, “demonstrating the fundamental challenge facing everyone working to promote critical journalism and a vibrant free press.”
Why is this happening?
While “liberal” Air America clearly favors big D Democrats, unlike virtually all other programming on commercial radio and television, it gives airtime to reports that are critical of corporations and the powerful politicians they keep in Washington.
This is a well-written article that serves as a good introduction to a deeply-disturbing all-pervasive issue. The U.S. will never have social or political health unless we figure out this huge problem: How do we keep big corporate dollars from choking off diverse perspectives in major media outlets?
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