Comments on: The day M.J. (and all other news) died http://codepink.org/blog/2009/07/the-day-m-j-and-all-other-news-died/ the Personal is Political Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa http://codepink.org/blog/2009/07/the-day-m-j-and-all-other-news-died/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Lisa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:55:32 +0000 http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=2107#comment-1976 A free press has been perceived as necessary to democracy. The freedom of expression guaranteed in the 1st amendment of the U.S. constitution does NOT amount to a free press, as we have experienced. Corporate ownership of the means of distributing information is the primary factor enabling weapons manufacturers to hijack the U.S. government. Will Canada soon follow? Thank you, Andrea, for this thought provoking piece. We have to be our own media now, and I like your contribution. A free press has been perceived as necessary to democracy. The freedom of expression guaranteed in the 1st amendment of the U.S. constitution does NOT amount to a free press, as we have experienced. Corporate ownership of the means of distributing information is the primary factor enabling weapons manufacturers to hijack the U.S. government. Will Canada soon follow?

Thank you, Andrea, for this thought provoking piece. We have to be our own media now, and I like your contribution.

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