Alice's blog

Ultimately, I think that the role of mass media is to entertain and inform. Like the Simpsons vs. the newspaper. Anyone can get access to either and they should be able to get access to whatever else they want. People should be able to know what they want to know. But something that condradicts that is area 51. My dad and I have gone down to Roswell, New Mexico a couple times and we both belong to the UFO Museum members. We're huge alien nerds. Though I 100% believe in aliens and the crash that happened in 1947, I wish so bad that I knew the truth. I wish there was some way to find out but there is nothing I can do to get that information. But the truth is out there, so to say.
I dont think corporate influence is necessarily a threat to democracy, but it has the potential to be. If the owner of Coke decided to give Hilary Clinton a $2 million campaign contribution, they are in turn buying influence. I don't think it is a threat but it could be if it got out of control.
No one should regulate media's usage. I do believe however that they need to fall in the guidelines of public decency, but they should be able to do what they want. I dont think either corporations or the government should regulate the media. Not to sound like one of those kids that is always talking about politics and how corupt the world is, but I dont trust either of them. It's just like the Pink Floyd song where David Gilmour asks "Mother, should I trust the government?" No. The media, as a whole, should be unregulated. It should be a chaotic free-for-all and I choose what and what not to take in.