3 ms·

What does it say about the balance of power in a society where the media is completely unable to fend off relentless attacks on its sovereignty? This is a very

• mooreds 12y ago
  The media don't have "sovereignty". What they do is provide information to the public so that the public can exercise sovereignty. There's a reason that freedom of the press is part of the first amendment (in the USA). Worrying, indeed. Support your local ACLU and EFF, etc.
  • thatcat 12y ago
    "Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time no doubt. But at the present moment it is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. The Lords Temporal say nothing, the Lords Spiritual have nothing to say, and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by Journalism" - oscar wilde It lost it's sovereignty when the gov stopped communicating directly with the people and started using the media as a mouth piece. This connected the two, giving more editorial influence to the gov due to its control over who could have access to source material.
• MrZongle2 12y ago
  ...where the media is completely unable to fend off relentless attacks on its sovereignty? And in many cases, unwilling to do so. God forbid they lose the opportunity to attend the White House Correspondent's Dinner or be prevented from conducting a fluff interview of a person in power. How many times in the past year have you had to go to non-American press services to read about something going on in this country? Much of the Fourth Estate in the U.S. has rolled over and ceded any 'sovereignty' or moral authority. They have brought this upon themselves, by failing to call it out again and again and again.