We Know Who Stands to Gain From the Demise of the Press
THIS week started very fast with almost 70 pages in 2 days and traffic is exceptionally high, as can be expected. But what matters isn't just productivity or traffic; accuracy matters.
There have been several attempts in recent months to entrap or trip us up not just by 'impostering' (claiming to be someone you are not) but also forging of E-mails in other people's names - high-profile people.
With growing threats to the free and independent press - even in the West (the Assange release was a win for his family, but likely a dire loss for press freedom [1, 2, 3]) - we must revisit the topic. Principles matter and there's a General Election here soon. No prominent political party seriously discusses the media; heck, the media blindly picks sides and endorses parties!
The press should be able to look beyond (and transcend) party-level politics, but this isn't where we are right now. Yet worse, social control media encourages polarity/polarisation (for greater "engagement" at the expense of people's emotions), so sound policy-making is almost impossible.
Truth be said, the "elite class" does not want functioning pillars, including media. The more ignorant the general public is, the more likely it is that the public will fight itself (inwards, feuding with one another horizontally rather than vertically). █