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Rich Media, Poor Democracy
4 Jun 2008

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In analysing the role of journalism in democracy, Robert McChesney argues that healthy journalism is axiomatic to vibrant and healthy democracies in this Media Education Foundation video clip that critiques the ownership model of the American media, contending that the model has been a detriment to American democracy.

To see Part One of this series, please click here.

To see Part Three of this series, please click here.

You can find this page online at http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/26.19.

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