Text of Al Gore's We Media Speech
Andy Carvin,
Oct 06, 2005
Former American Vice President Al Gore, in this podcast recorded at the We Media conference yesterday in New York, argues that the concentration of media voices, which transformed dialogue into a one-way (and uniquely compelling) broadcast, has led to the demise of civil discourse in that country. Humourous, intelligent - this is not a talk to be missed. Both transcript and MP3 are available. "And it really matters because the subjugation of news by entertainment seriously harms our democracy: it leads to dysfunctional journalism that fails to inform the people. And when the people are not informed, they cannot hold government accountable when it is incompetent, corrupt, or both." I quite agree with this, and I believe it applies not only in news media but also in education, where monolithic voices may not be more pervasive, but where they are more dangerous.
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