A flawed media, I suggest, leads to a flawed democracy. Ill informed citizens cannot make proper judgments about their leaders' actions, about the actions that take place in their names, about the laws that govern them. The media matter.That was quoted in a Toronto Star column by Antonia Zerbisias. The speaker is a long time BBC journalist named Michael Buerk. There's more at the link, including some not very flattering remarks about the state of journalism today.
Via My Blahg News.
