Tag Archives: The Media Monopoly

I’ve owned Ben Bagdikian‘s  The Media Monopoly for some twenty years, and have only just managed to get around to reading it. The edition I own dates back to 1987; its analysis of the growing monopolies in media ownership and their pernicious effect on political life in the US ring truer than ever before.  As IContinue reading “Bagdikian on the Media’s Corporate Values and Overreliance on Official Sources”