Bill Moyers : Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column?

[Phred42]

Until the Left gets it's hands on at least ONE TV network - Democracy will continue to die.
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Bill Moyers : Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column?
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3790/is_the_fourth_estate_a_fifth_column/

Corporate media colludes with democracy’s demise

Bill Moyers, from an adaptation of his keynote address at the National Conference for Media Reform, writes for In These Times: "Democracy without honest information creates the illusion of popular consent at the same time that it enhances the power of the state and the privileged interests that the state protects. And nothing characterizes corporate media today more than its disdain toward the fragile nature of modern life and its indifference toward the complex social debate required of a free and self-governing people."
I heard this story a long time ago, growing up in Choctaw County in Oklahoma before my family moved to Texas. A tribal elder was telling his grandson about the battle the old man was waging within himself. He said, “It is between two wolves, my son. One is an evil wolf: anger, envy, sorrow, greed, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is the good wolf: joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The boy took this in for a few minutes and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf won?”

The old Cherokee replied simply, “The one I feed.”

Democracy is that way. The wolf that wins is the one we feed. And in our society, media provides the fodder

[Uncle Joe]

1. The short answer is hell yes!

Thanks for the thread, Phred., damn I'm a poet and didn't know it.:think:

[Phred42]

2. After all these years - that's the first time

anyone put that together.

:toast: