CAN U'S' DEMOCRACY SURVIVE MONOPOLY MEDIA

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CAN U.S. DEMOCRACY SURVIVE MONOPOLY MEDIA? A
discussion on the balance of reporting and revenue
Ben Bagdikian
Janine Jackson
Bob McChesney
Thursday, November 11 at 700 PM Reidy Friendship
Hall ---- All Souls Unitarian Church 1157
Lexington Ave at 80th St
The coverage of news is a for-profit business,
and a handful of multi-national companies have a
monopoly on this business. Yet, we as readers,
consumers and viewers of the news want and expect
coverage of domestic and world issues that is
driven only by the desire to uncover truth. The
panel will discuss the dilemma faced as
newspapers, magazines and television shows are
driven by their ability to turn a profit. Ben H.
Bagdikian is a media critic and former Dean of
the Graduate School of Journalism, University of
California, Berkeley. He played a role in
obtaining and publishing portions of The Pentagon
Papers and is the author of The Media Monopoly.
Janine Jackson is program director at FAIR
(Fairness Accuracy in Reporting), the national
media watch group, and host/producer of
"Counterspin," FAIR's nationally syndicated radio
show. Robert W. McChesney is Research Professor
in the Institute of Communications Research (ICR)
at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He is the President and
co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform
organization.
Sponsors The Peace Task Force of the Unitarian
Church of All Souls Action for Justice Committee
of the Community Church of New York, Faith in
Action Committee of the 4th Universalist Society
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