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Prof Michael E. Mann

I fear what we may be witnessing right now is that private/corporate ownership of the media has now become fundamentally incompatible with democracy.

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I agree w/ that. But it took some time to fester (aided by deregulation, the abolition of the Fairness Doctrine by Reagan, the rise of "Fox News" etc.) to reach the crisis point we're now in. twitter.com/auntieb71/stat…

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Democracy Now all about Pennsylvania this morning. Good show.

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Democracy is where your federal vote means very little unless you live in specific districts or states