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KoKo

(84,711 posts) Sat Sep 5, 2015, 02:45 PM Sep 2015

Creation of Corporate Media--Why It Doesn't Change & What We Need to Do--Thom Hartmann & Jeff Cohen

For tonight's Conversation with Great Minds - Thom is joined by Jeff Cohen.

Jeff is the founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College - where he is an associate professor of journalism. The former senior producer for MSNBC's "Donahue" program - he has appeared as a political commentator in national media and helped found both the Media Watchdog Group FAIR -- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting -- as well as the activism site RootsAction.org. Jeff's most recent book is "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media."

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Creation of Corporate Media--Why It Doesn't Change & What We Need to Do--Thom Hartmann & Jeff Cohen (Original Post) KoKo Sep 2015 OP

Democratize the media. This should have been published a dozen years ago! Gregorian Sep 2015 #1

k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #2

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #3

Outstanding interviews! Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #4

Gregorian

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1. Democratize the media. This should have been published a dozen years ago!

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Sat Sep 5, 2015, 03:19 PM

Sep 2015

I'm seeing a common thread: We're a democracy that needs democratization. Our media, our economy, our electoral system. It's time, and we can't wait any longer, because this is a decades long process that needs to start now.

Thank you Thom Hartmann