On 20 June 2012 09:52, Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de> wrote:
Hi all,
we are living in a country who's press landscape is described (and experienced by me) as a prison experiment:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/01/australia-climate-scientis...
It really doesn't matter who owns the newspapers. Newspapers will print what sells. Can we really fault a biased media for misled people? I don't think so, because all people have the faculty of reason and should be able to discern what is fact and what is not. If people become misled, they really have only themselves to blame. Is independent media necessary for a functioning democracy? Well, why do we even need a democracy? It is mob rule. One group of voters steals from another via government tax transfers. In a free-market, libertarian society, elections aren't even necessary. But independent media is hardly dieing. It is stronger than ever thanks to the internet. Anyone can easily access a seemingly endless array of opinions on any topic he might choose.