YES! Our press has more freedom than most of the world.
0%
NO! The American press only cares about ratings & money.
100%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"With the ever-growing influence of corporate CEOs and their right-wing allies in all aspects of American life, Hartmann’s work is more relevant than ever. Throughout his career, Hartmann has spoken compellingly about the value of people-centered democracy and the challenges that millions of ordinary Americans face today as a result of a dogma dedicated to putting profit above all else. This collection is a rousing call for Americans to work together and put people first again."
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"If you wonder why and when giant corporations got the power to reign supreme over us, here’s the story."
It's a sad state of affairs in this country when 100 percent of responders to a poll agree that the American press is only concerned with money and ratings. It never used to be like that and it wasn't. I had faith every evening in what Walter Cronkite and others reported. Our country, our supposed representative government, has been hijacked by big money and corporate interests for the last 30 years. Go Bernie.
Big main stream media is not going to go back willingly to a time when they were required to report different viewpoints somewhat equally and actual news. Main Stream Media has indeed become an infotainment industry, featuring faux experts telling us what to think.
My -first- thought/comment/reaction was a hearty - "Hahahahahahahaha -- this is a joke question, right?!!" Then I thought, 'no, Thom might actually want to know what I think'. So, I'll give you a straight answer ...
No. Period. Full-stop.
I have absolutely =NO= confidence in =any= part of the so-called "main-stream" media - print, radio, or TV - in the US to give me =any=thing- except Corporate & 1% propaganda. I have =NO= trust or confidence in their ability -or- -willingness- to give me actual news. The easiest example to point to is what's been done to Bernie's campaign. ((If you don't understand what that means, you either really -seriously- haven't been paying attention, or you've paid attention but. just. don't. care! - - and I pity you.))
Even worse, in -my- opinion, is that the various people in the various medias =really= don't give so much as a tinker's damn about what 'the people' think about the "product" they put out. Luckily, I speak a number of languages, so I can cruise those other media and get both reliable news -and- other perspectives about what's =really= going on. Then again -- "I think, therefore I'm (considered) dangerous."
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