This story in the New York Times discusses the death of journalist Chauncey Bailey. He was shot to death in downtown Oakland on August 2nd. According to article, Chauncey was the co-founder of New America Media. He was one of the best investigative journalists working. He brought a brave in the face of whatever challenges he had to confront. And now, according to the New York Times, "a 19-year-old handyman at a bakery has confessed to murdering" the editor.
After reading this article, I was forced to re-examine my beliefs of freedom of speech and the press in the United States. We often hear about the killings and murders of journalists in other countries, but what about our home land? Why is it that we seldom hear about the assassinations of editors and reporters? Is it because they do not occur, or rather because they go unreported?
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Definitely the latter. Even if journalists are not threatened explicitly or killed, they feel are silenced by an invisible force that tells them not to get too deep into the truths about certain issues if they want to keep their jobs. Even if they have found out the truth about something, whether the story will get published is another story because most of American media is owned by a handful of corporations, who also have interests in the government and other industries.
I agree with you Lydia. Most media is a sham, as it is owned by corporations whose bottom line is money, not sound reporting.
I wonder if the only way to really have free media is to have the readers/viewers pay for it, rather than advertisers...
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