Gesendet: Samstag, 30. April 2022 um 01:02 Uhr
Von: “Common Dreams” <commondreams@commondreams.org>
An: “Helmut Käss” <helmut_kaess@web.de>
Betreff: Bill Moyers: Unless we act, the democracy we love will be over
For the first time ever, the U.S. was just downgraded to the status of “backsliding democracy.”
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Helmut,
Last year, for the first time ever, the U.S. was downgraded to the status of “backsliding democracy” by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
One of the key factors contributing to the decline?
According to the institute’s report, they have noticed diminishing “media integrity,” as more and more outlets peddle disinformation and an increasing “consolidation in news media ownership [which] placed power over editorial decisions in relatively fewer hands.”
Worldwide, we know that the free press is under assault. Today, a handful of internet giants like Google and Facebook control a huge portion of the traffic to news outlets like Common Dreams . . . and their algorithms are increasingly choking off the readers who are the lifeblood of our daily news operation.
The truth is that it’s never been more difficult to survive as an online publication than it is today, and the pandemic has hit us—like so many others—especially hard.
But we must forge on. As legendary journalist Bill Moyers said in response to the report, “if we don’t realize just what the stakes are, the United States we all imagine and the one we love, because we think it promises equality, will be over.”
We need you now more than ever. If you believe in the power of independent media to help safeguard democracy and the common good, please support Common Dreams now.
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With solidarity and gratitude,
Aaron Kaufman
Director of Development
on behalf of the entire Common Dreams team
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Hausarzt, i.R., seit 1976 im der Umweltorganisation BUND, schon lange in der Umweltwerkstatt, seit 1983 in der ärztlichen Friedensorganisation IPPNW (www.ippnw.de und ippnw.org), seit 1995 im Friedenszentrum, seit 2000 in der Dachorganisation Friedensbündnis Braunschweig, und ich bin seit etwa 15 Jahren in der Linkspartei// Family doctor, retired, since 1976 in the environmental organization BUND, for a long time in the environmental workshop, since 1983 in the medical peace organization IPPNW (www.ippnw.de and ippnw.org), since 1995 in the peace center, since 2000 in the umbrella organization Friedensbündnis Braunschweig, and I am since about 15 years in the Left Party//
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