On Saturday, August 2, 2003 at 22:27:09 (GMT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I just visited takebackthemedia.com for the first time, and among other things it >raises one question for me. Instead of taking back the media, shouldn't we be taking >it over? Was the media ever the voice of the people? To take it back implies that it >once was yours, did the common man ever control the media?
Way back, perhaps before the Radio Act of 1929. >In this line, are there any good marxist histories of the media in print? See Robert McChesney's work on this topic, Telecommunications, Mass Media & Democracy, also his later Rich Media, Poor Democracy. Good stuff, not "marxist". Bill
