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Democracy's Oxygen
How Corporations Control the News
Winter, James Publisher: Black Rose Press, Montreal, Canada
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 199pp Price: $23.99 ISBN: 1-55164-06-9
Library of Congress Number: P92.C3W55
Resource Type: Book
Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture public consent for policies which favour the corporate elite.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Mediasaurus
2. The Black Market
3. Paul Desmarais and Power
4. The Public Interest
5. News as a Management Product
6. Media Think
7. Project Censored Canada
8. Patterns in Under-Reported Stories
9. Conclusions
Appendices
A Media Corporation Assets
B Media-Corporate Director Board Interlocks
C Dailies by Chain Ownership
D Alternative Media
E 1995 Compensation for CEOs
F Newspaper Ownership by Province
G Selected Wealthy Canadians
Index
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