Rich Media, Poor Democracy (2003)
• January 1st, 2003 • 0h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming.
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