We certainly need to study the media information cartel-judiciously, of course-but right now it's more important that we join "history's actors." This is not an optional fight. We can't hope to take back reality by targeting individual media personalities or even by targeting their sponsors. We can't do without government regulation of corporate media giants, any more than we can just give up on proper regulation of our food and drug supply.
If you're still in doubt, please tune in to PBS on April 25 to see Bill Moyers lay out the Record of Iraq War Lies. David Swanson, who saw an advance copy of the program, writes, "Spending that 90 minutes on this will actually save you time, because you'll never watch television news again-not even on PBS, which comes in for its share of criticism."
We can use that time instead to work on breaking up the media information cartel that's destroying our freedom. We can start by writing to our congressmembers, senators, and local papers. Tell them that in order to prevent the abuse of our public airwaves you support Dennis Kucinich's plan to restore the fairness doctrine.
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