Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people.
I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.
Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.
I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn't happening anymore.
The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.