In several democracies around the world, the citizens of these countries have access to Public Service media for their news.
There are companies like the BBC in the U.K., ABC in Australia, DR in Denmark, SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland and so on and so on.
Having Public Service media ensures that the news reporting is unbias, objective and reflect both sides of a conflict or the political spectrum.
With the elections in the US just hours away, I can't help but think that the general public would really benefit from having news from a reliable source, especially with all the so called news channels and web sites being full of propaganda and made up disinformation.
In order for citizens to be able to make a well informed decision on how to vote, they need access to news media which lives up to it's name and doesn't side with one candidate or party over another. News which is factual and not propaganda for one side.
For all of us who have been fortunate enough to live and grow up in a democracy with human and civil rights, it can become something we take for granted, but democracy needs protecting, or we will no longer have it. It's happened before and it will probably happen again, if we are not on our toes, protecting our rights, that our rights to political influence, our civil and human rights, get taken away from us through democratic elections.
In a democracy everybody has the right to vote, but in return it is up to us to ensure that when we cast our votes, we do so well informed and educated.
There are companies like the BBC in the U.K., ABC in Australia, DR in Denmark, SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland and so on and so on.
Having Public Service media ensures that the news reporting is unbias, objective and reflect both sides of a conflict or the political spectrum.
With the elections in the US just hours away, I can't help but think that the general public would really benefit from having news from a reliable source, especially with all the so called news channels and web sites being full of propaganda and made up disinformation.
In order for citizens to be able to make a well informed decision on how to vote, they need access to news media which lives up to it's name and doesn't side with one candidate or party over another. News which is factual and not propaganda for one side.
For all of us who have been fortunate enough to live and grow up in a democracy with human and civil rights, it can become something we take for granted, but democracy needs protecting, or we will no longer have it. It's happened before and it will probably happen again, if we are not on our toes, protecting our rights, that our rights to political influence, our civil and human rights, get taken away from us through democratic elections.
In a democracy everybody has the right to vote, but in return it is up to us to ensure that when we cast our votes, we do so well informed and educated.