What is a ‘free press’?
Unfreedom of the Press, by Mark Levin. A must-read about the current state of the media.
What is ‘journalism’?
Perhaps we can all agree that some of the goals of journalism are:
• A commitment to report the verifiable truth to the citizenry
• To serve as an independent monitor of those in power
• To report comprehensively and accurately issues of interest to the free and civil society
In his latest bestseller Unfreedom of the Press -- already number four one on Amazon’s list even before its release -- Mark Levin traces the lineage of American media from the early Patriot Press to today’s disconcerting situation.
I call it disconcerting because, as Levin outlines in stunning fashion, it is clear that half of the country simply does not trust the ideological echo chamber that today makes up 95% of current media outlets.
Surveys indicate that few Republicans trust the media, while the majority of Democrats do.
In other words, today's media has abandoned the interests of half of the entire country. So how did we get here? And how can this situation be addressed? These critical questions are the subject of Levin's Unfreedom of the Press.
