Interview | Robert McChesney on Journalism’s Decline and Breaking up Tech Giants to Save Democracy

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English - April 17, 2021 02:10 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB
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We spoke with Robert McChesney about the decline of journalism and the political and societal consequences of ISP and internet monopolies. McChesney is the cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press, the author of many books on media and politics, and a retired professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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