tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post3495500330988486702..comments2023-12-24T15:12:18.168-08:00Comments on books, etc.: The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media / Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld, illustrator -- N.Y.: Norton, 2012Alan Mattlagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123037050466769121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-40272582817361980032012-09-25T05:41:46.040-07:002012-09-25T05:41:46.040-07:00And the dismal truth is that the media is no excep...And the dismal truth is that the media is no exception among our social and political institutions. It's the inevitable consequence of an uncontrolled economic system: we get the court system, the health system, the education system, the transportation system, the political system, the housing system, the agricultural system, and on and on, that money prefers. A "free market economy" is nothing more than a euphemism for a plutocratic system. Freedom for money, not for people.Alan Mattlagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06002254538342389502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261994975895323987.post-51375794714966437622012-09-24T16:12:15.407-07:002012-09-24T16:12:15.407-07:00"We get the media that money prefers,: Alan, ..."We get the media that money prefers,: Alan, that is an important statement you've made.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.com