From Broadcast and Cable
Keeping journalism free from government interference is a vital part of American democracy, FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker told The Media Institute in Washington.
"I oppose the proposition that at the first sign of a challenge the government should step in and fix it," she said. "Our nation has flourished for over 200 years with a strong independent press as a check on government abuse. This tradition should not be discarded so easily."
She said tomorrow’s journalist won’t be a "a man with a fedora and a typewriter," but that the core attributes should remain" objective, fact-based reporting that uncovers the truth about power and powerful interests, private and public.