Discussion on Press Freedom and Democracy

My imagination

could not foresee

some of the stuff that's going on right now.

I believe there was just an announcement that the White House decided,

uh,

you know what, CNN,

uh, MSN, uh, MS Now,

uh, uh, maybe even The New York Times was included,

you just can't come to

the White House press briefings anymore 'cause you're

giving the current president unfavorable coverage.

I'm trying to think what would have happened if I had said, "You know what,

Fox

News, you're out of here."

It's unimaginable.

So, but the point I'm making here is, is that

if you have a certain cohort, let's call it 30 to 35% of the country

right

now,

which thinks that's okay,

well, what that means is we have not developed the kind of

understanding of what r- democracy requires.

Uh, and we've gotta shore that back up. I don't think that's inevitable.

I th- I don't think, uh,

all is lost on that front. But

we, we have to roll up our sleeves and, and get working.