Who Will Hold Government Responsible When There Are No More Newspapers?

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Who Will Hold Government Responsible When There Are No More Newspapers?

Newspapers’ disappearance, largely unimaginable five years ago, has become real as papers large and small have been threatened by online competition and hit by the economic recession. The press is government’s watchdog. It helps citizens exercise their right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The existence of a free press is taken for granted. But if the press as we know it disappears, will democracy be the same? That's the question award-winning journalist and former Newsday editor Anthony Marro addressed at the ACLU-VT annual meeting. You can watch his talk below.