Reply #5: If a free and independent press doesn't exist [View All]

[pdxmom]

then we cannot be a true democracy. It was important enough to be included in the first amendment. And the media has become a tool of the government, instead of a truth-teller about the government.

It is not inherent in a democracy that the press oppose those in power. It is only imperative that they tell the truth, whatever that truth may be. It is impossible for our democracy to survive without the press doing its utmost to present us with the truth, no matter how ugly. Unfortunately, the media consolidation by businesses has made them bought and paid for.