I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.
Ted TurnerRead
The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the dangers of media concentration, where a small number of companies control the majority of information we consume.
Ted Turner points out the unhealthy concentration of media ownership, emphasizing that when a handful of companies control the vast majority of what people read, see, and hear, it limits diversity of thought and perspective. This concentration can lead to a skewed representation of reality and restrict the freedom of information necessary for a healthy democracy and informed society.
Themes
MediaOwnershipInformationDiversityConcentrationDemocracy
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about media influence at a community meeting, one could say, 'As Ted Turner pointed out, the media is too concentrated and this impacts our understanding of the world.'
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