The Free Press

ENGLISH: Excellent article about the evils of what he calls "the official Press," how it suppresses some news, distorts others, or invents a few, as a part of the political agenda of its owners or advertising sponsors, never in favor of the public. He also considers how the free Press, however puny a......more

It's unsettling how contemporary this feels despite being just over a century old. Obviously not 1:1, but it's evidence enough of how solid and obvious the foundation of socialist critique is and how little changing institutions are as a whole within Capitalism. Today's criticism of Mainstream Media......more

The author was talking about pre-WWI Britain, but he could just as easily have been talking about the US in 2013. Good book.......more

This is not a querulous complaint against evils that are human and necessary, and therefore always present. I detest such waste of energy, and I agree with all my heart in the statement recently made by the Editor of "The New Age" that in moments such as these, when any waste is inexcusable, sterile......more

Very good book regarding the media, and those who ultimately control it.......more