By media I assume you mean news outlets. I agree that a free press is essential.
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Originally Posted by Botnst
News media have to make a living so their primary responsibility is (and should be) to make a profit.
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Agreed. They are not there to tell us the important events that occur in the world. They are there to make money. Their content is designed to make money and to have people tune in. Neither of these requires reporting information that the citizenry should know (or would want to know). So long as you are talking about them or listening to them, they don't really care what they provide to you.
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It is up to the consumer to decide what he or she wants from the news. Where we put our money determines the type of news media we get.
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This I disagree with. Americans (those free market/conservative types especially) have this mistaken belief in the power of the consumer. The consumer wields a portion of power, but hardly one that regularly changes markets. It's overly simplistic. I hear the same argument about gas prices. Some (most) markets are driven by the providers, not the consumers. A free market does not require a powerful consumer.