The Crisis in the US Media and the 2004 Election
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Jim Lehrer Report, Online NewsHour Index for Jan. 12-14, 2005 "Credibility Gap".
"James Mill, writing 180 years ago in his article 'Liberty of the Press' proposes that unless the people find some way to check government abuse and corruption, they will be plagued by corrupt government.
"'Those in the position to rule would abuse their power for
their own advantage.' Mill felt, 'If one man saw that he might
promote misrule for his own advantage, so would another; so,
of course would they all'."
quoted in Michael Hauben, "The Effect of the Net on the Professional News Media", Chapter 13, Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society Conference, Harvard University, conference schedule. "Are information and communications technologies making it possible for new forms of citizenship? Are new technologies drawing new people into the political process? Are we able to engage in politics in more meaningful ways than before? Is the impact greatest on local, state, federal campaigns? Are we able to become global citizens?"