Democracy, liberal or not, can only exist where there is a free press. That’s what was so concerning about Bezos’ actions with WaPo in the lead up to the election. His and others interference with the press is what has helped us all descend into authoritarianism. Imagine a world without the likes of Rupert Murdoch or massive ownership consolidation of most sources of information.
As long as the press is a capitalist enterprise it will be owned and directed by capitalists. This not a malfunction of the system, or an undesirable byproduct, its core to the maintenance of capitalism that its press be owned by capitalists.
Right, but it follows that at the moment no western liberal democracy has a mainstream free press since they’re all ran or at least funded by their liberal government or by private capital
Democracy, liberal or not, can only exist where there is a free press. That’s what was so concerning about Bezos’ actions with WaPo in the lead up to the election. His and others interference with the press is what has helped us all descend into authoritarianism. Imagine a world without the likes of Rupert Murdoch or massive ownership consolidation of most sources of information.
As long as the press is a capitalist enterprise it will be owned and directed by capitalists. This not a malfunction of the system, or an undesirable byproduct, its core to the maintenance of capitalism that its press be owned by capitalists.
I don’t disagree but I also want to clarify that a press run or funded by the government is the opposite of a free press.
Right, but it follows that at the moment no western liberal democracy has a mainstream free press since they’re all ran or at least funded by their liberal government or by private capital