Ten years from now, That's a long time away but a short time to act. I see myself as starting a media company that is democratically run. I have been doing some research lately onto the growing trend of democratic businesses and have found the idea very attractive. Since I am a worker in media, I feel that I have responsibility to improve it. My grievance is that news media has become profit oriented, and the facts be damned for fear of a loss of ad revenue or ratings. True, these companies must make some profit to survive. However the decisions on what they are reporting on, are decided by a board of directors who only want to appease shareholders.
If we let the decisions be made by journalists, then the decisions on reported content would be pure. If the motive is in the hands of the people whose mission is to find the truth and bring it to light, than that is what will be disseminated to the readers(viewers) who subscribe. I am under no delusion that this will make a utopia or that news won't be twisted to the wills of a sponsor entirely. This idea is to make another step forward to grow and improve ourselves as people.
Media is key for any society to make decisions that will affect itself as a wh***. Journalists must restore integrity to news, and the people must be given truth. We must not fail; we must not capitulate; we must evoke!
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