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Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy. -- Geoff Mulgan
In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable. -- Shimon Peres
I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy. -- Bob Brown
Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before -- Dahr Jamail
The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble. -- Dave Brat
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that. -- Walter Cronkite
Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? -- Joichi Ito
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government. -- Amy Goodman
I think it's important in a democracy such as ours that we have multiple sources to get news and information and utilize the media only if we want to get a different opinion. -- Donna Brazile
At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: 'A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.' Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land. -- Michelle Malkin
So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership. -- Mario Monti
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. -- Evgeny Morozov
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen. -- Rory Stewart
Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy. -- Michael Anti
I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new era of DIY media, free expression, peace and democracy and human rights worldwide. That part didn't work out so well, although the kids prefer YouTube to TV, so that's something. -- Jeffrey Zeldman
An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy. -- Warren Christopher
There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle. -- Bill Moyers
Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication. -- Rowan Williams
I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy. -- Mikhail Gorbachev
Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge crimes against humanity and democracy, and you didn't even see criticism. It wasn't until Katrina that people started to come down on them. -- Ani DiFranco
If you rely on the media for your information, to educate yourself about the candidates and what issues are facing the country, then you get just part of the equation. I think it's important that we as citizens of this democracy take the responsibility to get as much information as possible before we go into the voting booth. -- Donna Brazile

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