Sanders Precinct Capt. in Iowa: Hillary Clinton does not lead the Democratic Primary!

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88. I think the US needs

a fundamental rethinking of what its media establishment has become and face that reality.

For all intents and purposes, our corporate-owned media are the spokespeople for their respective employees, not organizations dedicated to bringing information to the public. Whatever their employers desire (in this case, a Hillary Clinton presidency) our media is going to do whatever they can to bring their employers' wishes to reality. None of these "journalists" wants to risk their jobs and income by going against the wishes of their bosses (as in any job).

Before a handful of corporations and wealthy individuals bought up our media establishment, our politicians were afraid of the media and dreaded having to answer their questions. Not so today. Our mainstream media simply acts as the unquestioning middle man to pass on whatever information they're given - they don't investigate or question that information.

This is why I think it's vitality important to our democracy and government transparency for independent journalists (i.e., those who aren't owned by a big corporation) to have greater and expanded access to our lawmakers, and why we should support them financially. Independently-financed reporters and investigative journalists won't feel afraid to dig around in the dirt for fear of being fired or blacklisted. I think Glenn Greenwald's "The Intercept" is doing a good job of investigative journalism and we should all support sites similar to it.