Reblogged from PopularResistance.org
March 1st, 2014
Ninety
percent of American media is controlled by five big,
for-profit-conglomerates, creating a media monopoly of informational and
social control never before possible. The overwhelming collective power
of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Using a
handful of in-depth cases out of a vast array of examples, speaking with
renowned journalists, activists, and others, Shadows of Liberty reveals
the hidden machinations of the news media, drawing into focus the vast
mechanisms of censorship, cover-ups, and corporate control that have
been built up over many decades. Journalists are prevented from pursuing
controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out
against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered
as the arena for public expression has been turned into a vessel for
advertising, warmongering and distraction. Will the Internet remain
‘free’, or succumb to the same control by the same handful of powerful,
monopolistic corporations–as we see?
