The New Republic has of late played hosted to a debate on democracy and the news media. Hard-boiled readers of this blog will know that it doesn’t believe in the democratic nourishment provided by news content, but is more agnostic on the role played in democracy by media institutions.
Seconds out, in the newsprint-coloured trunks, Paul Starr steps in with Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption). Continue reading
These are some of the things I’ve been reading. I don’t agree with them all. And it’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life: