UnCommon Sense TV - “BIG MEDIA, Little Democracy, Pt.2″ A continuation of the discussion concerning the ongoing developments in national media policy and the very real world effects those policies are having on the ability of our democratic system to function. The program touches on a number of those effects, including the downsizing of America’s journalistic institutions in the pursuit of commercial profit, and the corrosive role big media plays in our ‘pay-to-play’ political system. The program also looks at media entities such as Sinclair Broadcasting, using their access and control over large portions of the public airwaves to pursue private, commercial agendas at the expense of meaningful journalism and democratic pluralism in the public debate.
The presentation once again utilizes research presented by Dr. Jerry Starr in his report to the Columbia School of Journalism.