Losing Our Democracy

“We are losing our democracy day by day, and journalists are individually aware of this, but media outlets are not centering this as the story it should be.”

—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian & cultural critic, NYU, in Margaret Sullivan, “If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift,” The Washington Post, Jan. 3, 2022.

• Editorial Comment: Is it too late?

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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