I think people don't grasp the enormous influence publishers of news have, and thus the signifance to everyone of who owns them, their politics, integrity, and

I think people don't grasp the enormous influence publishers of news have, and thus the signifance to everyone of who owns them, their politics, integrity, and whether they will insist on journalistic integrity or compromise it. I see many, many people repeating what is effectively propaganda from News Corp publications (Fox and the Wall St Journal), competely unwittingly. The public seems surprisingly easy to manipulate, and few seem to care for accountability from their news sources. > The Economist, whose editorial independence is absolute and is fiercely guarded by four independent trustees Everyone says things like that. I hope it's true for them; there are few publications that are there equal and millions take them at their work.