Dan Rather Wants Uncle Sam to Want to Save News
Dan Rather spoke at the Aspen Institute this week and gave an impassioned “state of the media” speech included a plea to the president find a way to help.
“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said.
Andrew Travers at the Aspen Daily continues:
Corporate and political influence on newsrooms, along with the conflation of news and entertainment, has created what Rather called “the dumbing down and sleazing up of what we see on the news.”
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