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Corporate Media and a Depraved Indifference to Suffering

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"The fate of humanity can’t be left to billionaires.People yearning for systemic change are building movements at work and in communities, taking action in the streets and at the ballot box. Monopoly media stands in defense of the status quo. Concentration of ownership leads to concentration of power. An important piece of this power structure is the handful of major media and telecom conglomerates that have a strangle hold on television news.  Daily news is critical. It’s where we form our first opinions about a breaking story, and the repetition helps shape our worldview," SAYS  Paul Jay, CEO and Senior Editor of The Real News Network.. PLEASE SEE PERTINENT COMMENT BY SUSAN LEE SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWING THE ARTICLE

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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