Only In Variety Is There Freedom
Frank A. Blethen,
I Want Media,
Sept 13, 2002
I have commented before that there are strong parallels between media and education. I have also commented before on the links between education and democracy. So the argument in this article that the "concentration of media ownership is eroding our democracy" has its parallels in education. At the core of this article is the replacement of a diversity of voices with a single monopoly on opinion. Insofar as public (read: government) participation in education decreases, I think there becomes a similar danger in education, especially post-secondary education, where the diversity of voices so essential to a free and educated citizenry would be in danger of being subsumed by a single-minded focus on short term economic interests.
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