Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

@rbreich Canada’s supreme court, 2004: “The majority concluded that the objective of the spending limits is electoral fairness. The law has an effect in creating "a level playing field for those who wish to engage in the electoral discourse, enabling voters to be better informed" Social Media has made this irrelevant. It costs almost nothing & far more effective than mainstream media? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_v_Canada_(AG)
Harper v Canada (AG) - Wikipedia

@rbreich Many Canadian’s have made the choice to be better angered on social media, as the capabilities and relevance of mainstream media declines
@pinhman @rbreich Have the capabilities of mainstream media been reduced, or have we been conditioned through social media to believe it so?
@happy_futures @rbreich In Canada the old standby of local print media is dying. It’s mainly foreign owned by Postmedia, with its high debt seek profitability and low journalistic standards. Online news has been hollowed out by Google & Meta and how they respond to Canada’s demand they compensate journalists https://ontherecordnews.ca/thousands-of-jobs-lost-and-counting-the-decline-of-journalism-in-canada/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67755133
The Decline of Journalism in Canada - On The Record

“After all, such [journalism] businesses have to reach a bottom line.”

On The Record -