Media Expert Expounds Myths of News Coverage

"Most censorship in our country is corporate," Cohen said.
Other countries see their information and news outlets censored by the government, but in the United States, corporate control is such that corporations and the government are basically one and the same, Cohen said.
"The owners of the media would rather have us be inactive citizens" than informed citizens, Cohen said.
The rise of independent media is possible and is needed now more than ever before, Cohen said.
Cohen outlined three action points citizens can take to try to fight independent journalism's downfall and the rise of corporate control of information.
The first calls for involvement in activist organizations such as FAIR, the second proposes greater activism efforts to produce more independent media outlets and the third asks citizens to actively pursue policy reform at the national level concerning the need for media diversity and less conglomerated mainstream media.