An article about Walter Cronkite was recently published in The Nation, in which the "the most trusted name in news" talked about his views on the consolidation of media and the future of the news industry. He mentioned that "the failure of newspaper competition in a community is a very serious handicap to the dissemination of the knowledge that the citizens need to participate in a democracy." In others, consolidation of media is a threat to a democracy. Mr. Cronkite also mentioned his concerns that reporters for the big media are afraid to speak out against government action. He thinks it’s the duty journalism to not only report the news, but to analyze it.
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