The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney were the founders, with Josh Silver, of Free Press

Communities across America are suffering through a crisis that could leave a dramatically diminished version of democracy in its wake. It is not the economic meltdown, although the crisis is related to the broader day of reckoning that appears to have arrived. The crisis of which we speak involves more than mere economics. Journalism is collapsing, and with it comes the most serious threat in our lifetimes to self-government and the rule of law as it has been understood here in the United States. [Read More…]
By John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney | from thenation.com | posted: 18 March 2009