Public Radio and Media have just been defunded. They are seen as a threat to autocracy. They get in the way of the narrative. They are the essential, reliable counterargument. And if we allow that to happen unquestioned and unchecked "Democracy" dies.
"Without facts you can't have truth. Without truth you can't have trust. Without all three, we have not shared reality. And democracy as we know it and -- all meaningful human endeavors -- are dead."
Libraries, Public radio, Public media are our unfiltered, journalistic, fact-checked, unbiased sources of information. They don't stop to ask why you want to know, or are you allowed to know. They don't ask, "Why are you asking?". You ask, they answer. It's not theirs to decide. It's ours.
And when they are threatened, undermined, underfunded, dismantled we lose something essential, something fundamental to "Democracy". We lose the right to be accurately and adequately informed.
When that happens, we lose something fundamental and essential to who we are and have the right to be.
We can't let that happen.
Money alone won't do it.
This is a means by which information can be shared: Timely, Facts, Sources.
Those who would like to deprive us would like to think that if they undermine, discredit, and dismantle reliable sources of information that all that will be left is their narrative, their version of reality. And, if that happens. If that's all that's left, "Democracy" dies.
Now is the time to take, make a stand. To fight back against the effort. To support in ANY way that you can, as much or as little as you can the fight for freedom of information. For facts, truth and trust. The three legged stool of Democracy.
In doing this, they're wrong. They don't serve us. They serve themselves.
And we owe it ourselves, our children, grandchildren, our future NOT to allow them to do this.
Support in ANY way that you can, Libraries, Public Media, Journalism and Journalists. Let them know we have their back.
Public Radio and Media have just been defunded. They are seen as a threat to autocracy. They get in the way of the narrative. They are the essential, reliable counterargument. And if we allow that to happen unquestioned and unchecked "Democracy" dies.
Maria Ressa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ressa / "How to Stand Up to a Dictator"
said it well:
"Without facts you can't have truth. Without truth you can't have trust. Without all three, we have not shared reality. And democracy as we know it and -- all meaningful human endeavors -- are dead."
Libraries, Public radio, Public media are our unfiltered, journalistic, fact-checked, unbiased sources of information. They don't stop to ask why you want to know, or are you allowed to know. They don't ask, "Why are you asking?". You ask, they answer. It's not theirs to decide. It's ours.
And when they are threatened, undermined, underfunded, dismantled we lose something essential, something fundamental to "Democracy". We lose the right to be accurately and adequately informed.
When that happens, we lose something fundamental and essential to who we are and have the right to be.
We can't let that happen.
Money alone won't do it.
This is a means by which information can be shared: Timely, Facts, Sources.
Those who would like to deprive us would like to think that if they undermine, discredit, and dismantle reliable sources of information that all that will be left is their narrative, their version of reality. And, if that happens. If that's all that's left, "Democracy" dies.
Now is the time to take, make a stand. To fight back against the effort. To support in ANY way that you can, as much or as little as you can the fight for freedom of information. For facts, truth and trust. The three legged stool of Democracy.
In doing this, they're wrong. They don't serve us. They serve themselves.
And we owe it ourselves, our children, grandchildren, our future NOT to allow them to do this.
Support in ANY way that you can, Libraries, Public Media, Journalism and Journalists. Let them know we have their back.
It's their fight. It's OUR fight.
Bring it.