Rather isn't being alarmist when he wonders what will happen to a nation addicted to fake news,celebrity gossip and pop-star prattle -- when people abandon the very virtue of being informed and instead insist on constant titillation from TV, cable and little gadgets they carry around in their hands. "Broadcast news, and journalism generally, should not be a sedative," Rather said. "It should be a wake-up call." |
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)