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Even the Nieman Report seems to have noticed. In the Spring 2001 issue, Robert Jensen reviews legendary journalist Arthur Rowse??s latest book, “Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know.” Rowse, according to Jensen, bemoans the increasingly self-interested behavior of American media, which he sees as paradigmatic of the replacement of “citizen democracy” by “corporate democracy.” Nonetheless, Rowse??s proposed societal reforms all center on the media itself. “When it comes...
Here, Jensen and Rowse part ways. “Rowse??s prescription for improving the health of our political system primarily through media reform misses the point,” Jensen argues. “Media reform is crucial, but it has to be part of a larger social movement that addresses illegitimate structures of authority and unjust concentrations of power throughout the society, in private and public arenas.” Jensen worries that Rowse puts too much faith in journalism as both a concept and an institution...
...point is larger than this. Rowse??s media reforms may not solve all of society’s problems, but it’s clear that they could be a crucial first step. Information is fundamental to a working democracy, and that information must come as dialogue, debate and science—not mandated law. Without reliable media coverage, we can hardly claim to know what the other problems of democracy actually are. A solipsistic media—no matter how accurate—cannot claim to give its constituents working knowledge...
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