On 10/27/10 8:24 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote:
At 1:05 PM +1100 10/27/10, mex sara said:
i am having trouble with separating in my head the
concepts ... to me in a democracy government is the people
ahhh, but we are not a pure democracy, we are a representative
democracy, with an added twist that corporate entities can now
participate in elections the same as any citizen. That means that
those who control corporations, who can wield greater dollars than the
average citizen, can control the flow of information to their target
voters, thereby manipulating the vote. It helps to follow the money;
this is a very simplified graphic chart, which doesn't detail the
industries involved. If you added in sources of revenue, it would be a
more complex chart, but much more clear in whose hands the tea party's
votes are held.
http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/ads_teapartyinc.jpg
Something that you'll find fascinating as a journalist - the top
contenders for GOP/Tea Party candidate for 2012 are all under
exclusive contract to Fox. I think that's the first time that one
corporate propaganda machine controlled by a multinational has openly
employed an entire party in US politics, but I could be wrong.
NPR has a similar graph for GOP funding
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130845545
they said they had one for Dems but I am not seeing it.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130836771
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