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>If money in media were having an immediate and crippling effect on democracy then it would have already. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hear
by cmdrfred 10y ago
>If money in media were having an immediate and crippling effect on democracy then it would have already.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst
- KirinDave 10y agoRiiight, but honest question: do we think that constitutes a crippling of democracy? The Hearst family is one I'm familiar with and referring to above.
- cmdrfred 10y agoWhat is a democracy but the choices of an informed electorate? If that electorate is misinformed, then you don't have one.
- KirinDave 10y agoI don't know what "an informed electorate" means. Even "educated" people here debate climate science with absolutely ridiculous claims. This is as good as it gets. That's the painful truth I've been trying to swallow.
- KirinDave 10y agoI don't know what "an informed electorate" means. Even "educated" people here debate climate science with absolutely ridiculous claims. This is as good as it gets. That's the painful truth I've been trying to swallow.