Excellent article Linda! I was reminded of the corporate control of the “news” when reading an article about a F.D.A. board member who tried to silence people on Twitter and who -in an interjection, apropos of nothing-was described as a former Pfizer exec. No conflict of interest there. I’m teaching a media and bias unit now and it’s hard to adequately express to my students the extent of curated news and the difficulty of finding the “truth”, whatever that is.
Excellent article Linda! I was reminded of the corporate control of the “news” when reading an article about a F.D.A. board member who tried to silence people on Twitter and who -in an interjection, apropos of nothing-was described as a former Pfizer exec. No conflict of interest there. I’m teaching a media and bias unit now and it’s hard to adequately express to my students the extent of curated news and the difficulty of finding the “truth”, whatever that is.
What a great course to be teaching at this moment in time!
Linda, you are such a journalist envisioned by Stevens who 'wanders beyond boundaries' and searches deeply. Thank you.