Question

In class we read that a handful of owers own all the media outlets in the US. In addition, in the US over 200 counties do not have a local newspaper and over 1,500 counties only have one newspaper. From what we've heard on podcast in class and what we've covered in our notes and reading, list 3 reasons why this is a problem for our democracy and next to each reason explain in a few sentences why it hurts our democracy. 1. reason one - expalining reason one 2. reason two - explainging reason two 3. reason three - explaining reason three

Answer 1

Answer:

1. This is a problem for our democracy, because it is important for people to receive information, from the media, if that means, through the radio, TV, or the Newspaper.

2. If there was an emergency happening now, you would get live coverage from the Radio, and TV, not the newspaper.

3. Depending on the source it helps you out politically.

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