Why The Guardian Newspaper Is Democracy’s Only Hope.
Two hundred years of telling the truth to power.
Over the course of the last fifty years, we have seen the erosion,undermining and gradual destruction of democracy, in the English speaking world. In America, the Super PACs (political action committee) have made their presence felt, in funding the campaigns of whomever, it has deemed fit to represent their interests.
Politicians on the left and the right, have always seen it fit, to pander to these organizations. An interesting example was in June 2008, a day after wrapping the democratic nomination, Barack Obama, went to a Super PAC meeting, giving a speech to reassure his paymasters that he is the right choice for the President of the United States of America.
Over here, in Britain, things haven’t fared any better. The biggest tabloid newspaper organization, news international, which prints the Sun newspaper, The Times, The Sunday Times and up until 2011, News of the world is owned by the Australian billionaire — Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert Murdoch’s outsize influence in British politics and the wider society, has all but led to the disintegration of the United Kingdom; It was responsible for the election of Margaret Thatcher, engendering great economic inequality, demonizing the trade unions, disparaging an entire race of people…