A Tyranny of Misperceptions

Author Gregory R. Pratt displays more wisdom, courage and awareness than many of our current leaders and media can muster.

At the age of fifteen, Mr. Pratt puts all too many in the Media to shame. It's a terrific article about one of the most important issues America faces today.


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It is clear to me, from affairs such as this whole sordid one, that a media which must find a way to make money before it delivers truth, a press which is concerned over financial retribution rather than the content of its pieces (or which places a greater emphasis on the former), will be the death of this country. Somehow, whether it be through federal matching fees, or however it may come, the press needs to become fully independent, not just of the Government (looking at Rupert Murdoch) but of the financial interests that are more than capable of destroying a newspaper. This tyrannical force has driven out good men like George Tenet for things they weren't responsible for. It nearly drove out great men like President Clinton from trivial reasons.

This tyrannical force must be stopped, for this nation will not fully rise until it has a press that can and will take the truth, take the nation's best interests into the greatest amount of consideration before running a story.
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Full text: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/05/04/20_tyranny.html