JOUR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Responsibility, Anarchist Communism, Arab Spring
28 Nov 2016
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Al jazeera is a global media organization out of qatar representing a pan-arab point of view. Has been difficult to find al jazeer english (network operating in the us) on american cable and satellite systems. Available via streaming on computers and mobile devices. Ownership effects-example because cable networks have avoided showing them. Media in the us may not be as free as we think it is in the us> People really want to know the truth and make decisions guided by it. The only way to arrive at the truth is for ideas to be freely and openly discussed. Different people will have different opinions and everyone must be allowed to develop their own conclusions. The most rational ideas will be the most accepted. Assumes that government is the greatest threat to free press, not corporate interests. (the. The role of the press is to be a servant of the government, not a servant of the citizens.
