If One Wants to Look at the Condition of Our Democracy,

all one has to do is look at what has become of our media now that there is no Fairness Doctrine, fewer owners of more media, and consequently little independent media.

Our media institutions, deeply embedded in the power structures of society, are not providing the information that we need to make our democracy work. To put it another way, corporate media consolidation is a corrosive social force. It robs people of their voice in public affairs and pollutes the political culture. And it turns the debates about profound issues into a shouting match of polarized views promulgated by partisan apologists who trivialize democracy while refusing to speak the truth about how our country is being plundered.

Corporate ownership of everything is inherently anti-democratic. But it continues unabated.