Cronkite Fears Media Mergers Threaten Democracy
by John Nichols

The most trusted name in news is worried about what is happening to the news media in America. "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," said Walter Cronkite, the former CBS News anchorman, whose name remains synonymous with American journalism.
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