Website review: About GPM | Global Public Media
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saltwatermatt discovered 21 months ago- From the page: "General Introduction to GlobalPublicMedia GIobalPublicMedia is part of a response to the difficulties that both public and profit-making news and other media have when trying to offer analysis and understanding which is not driven by the need to 'entertain', increase ratings, save money, make profit and satisfy shareholders. In most English language media, especially broadcasting media, which are the chief sources of information about world politics and events, the above constraints generally mean avoiding complex issues or offering a very black and white, 'goodies versus baddies', view of the world. We believe that the world is clearly more complex than that, and that there are many awkward paradoxes and many contradictory beliefs about how life should be lived and resources shared. One of the results of news and information media which are unable to examine issues in historical, philosophical, political and social context, is a citizenry severely lacking in the kinds of knowledge, understanding and thinking tools necessary to take an informed part in any kind of meaningful democracy, old or new. Democracy, though notoriously difficult to define either in theory or practice, does after all derive from demos - 'people' and krateein - 'to rule or govern', at least etymologically. Governing requires an ability to make decisions, to choose between complex, probably contradictory alternatives. Sometimes it is possible to create new alternatives, but that usually requires even more understanding and knowledge - and resources. Governing should not include aggression and violence. Democracy must proceed by peaceful means, allowing for differences, otherwise it will lack real authority and legitimacy. Discussion can be powerful - it doesn't have to be the empty words and 'unfunded mandates' (government actions which are not backed by the money or the will to enact them), which so many of us are all too accustomed to."
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