Building Local Power

Understanding Media Monopolies with Laura Flanders
Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/media-monopolies-flanders-blp-episode-45. Media personality Laura Flanders sits down with ILSR co-director and Community-Scaled Economy initiative director Stacy Mitchell to discuss the consolidation in media companies and its impact on our democracy. Topics discussed include: the scale of the big problem with gatekeepers like Facebook and Google [2:27]; media companies like Sinclair as an "extractive machine" [7:55]; paying better attention and supporting small, independent media organizations [15:20]; how we used to shame our government and companies into better action [21:06]; and how we can direct our attention to higher quality sources and assert our power over tech/media monopolies [29:30]. Listen to all of our Building Local Power podcast episodes at our site, https://ilsr.org/building-local-power. Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #BuildingLocalPower hashtag!