KUOW
The Conversation
A fast-paced news call-in program that is engaging, stimulating and informative; a forum where listeners have the chance to speak directly with experts on news-oriented topics.
Airs Mon-Fri 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Listener Line: 206-543-5869
Listener Line: 800-289-5869
|
Freedom of speech! The show today on billboards raises the ? is it okay to allow the $$ (corps) to control all public voice because they can buy it.When the USA was founded it was posited that freedom of speech would enable ideas to be exchanged and the best to win. But since then the ability to control the public sphere has mushroomed. Corporations can purchase the public airwaves, public views, and political access in ways never imagined by Franklin, Jefferson, etc. Graffiti on billboards is just one tiny way a person or group can interject their ideas into the corporation controlled idea-sphere. We need to find a better way of allowing access to the public mind than the current method - money wins.
0
0
|
 |
Answer this question
|
No one has answered this question yet.
Recently asked in The Conversation
- Has the recession impacted the rate of pregnancies in this area or across the country? - 0 answers
- How has this show survived so long? It is easily the most worthless show on NPR - 0 answers
- Do lack health insurance? What do you think about what Barack Obama is doing to change health insurance? - 1 answer
- Medical reforms are not yet getting at the root of the problem: The medical establishment is monopolistic and needs to be treated as anti-trust violat - 0 answers
- Why so many topics? - 1 answer
Recently asked in other categories
- Why on earth is the KUOW stream interupted every 2 minutes with a sponser announcement? Don't you think it's annoying? I'm done with the live stream! - 0 answers
- when is 2010 annual public forum in Seattle? - 0 answers
- Mid Century Modern house... - 1 answer
- How should we define "the will of the people"? - 1 answer
- Is cash for clunkers a success or failure? - 1 answer
