{"id":67052,"date":"2024-03-27T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67052"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:23:15","slug":"the-battle-for-control-of-our-minds-and-the-invaluable-role-of-independent-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67052","title":{"rendered":"The battle for control of our minds \u2013 and the invaluable role of independent journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The battle for control of our minds \u2013 and the invaluable role of independent journalism<\/a><\/h3>\n

Journalists like myself were the first to break free of corporate media servitude. Now we face a backlash to disappear us by the very media establishment we threaten<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The true costs of the West\u2019s corporate media system have been hidden from view. It entails restricting control over information dissemination to a corporate elite. It depends on an advertising model that makes\u00a0us<\/em>\u00a0the product, not the truth. And it necessarily promotes an economic model of endless consumption that, as should be all too clear, is destroying the planet.<\/p>\n

Here is a short extract from a talk I gave about how journalists like myself were the first to break free of corporate media servitude, and how we now face a backlash to disappear us by the very media establishment we threaten:<\/p>\n

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[see link above to access]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

My full talk can be watched here:<\/p>\n

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