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Columbia Missourian

LETTER: Media ownership doesn't allow for free market, democracy

By R. Thomas Epps, Columbia
March 9, 2009 | 1:59 p.m. CDT

I don't see how allowing a handful of very wealthy corporations decide what we hear and see in the media promotes democracy, fairness or a free market.  Haven't democracy and truth taken enough of a beating the last eight years?