But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.

If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticization and stagnation.

Very rarely are you going to see the large shareholder or CEO of a corporation march into a newsroom and say, "Cover this story, don't cover that." It's a much more subtle process. The professional code adapts, but what we try to see, is how commercial and corporate pressure shape both the professional code and the sorts of things that are considered legitimate journalism and illegitimate journalism.

As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.

Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you.

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.

But having said that, there's also a sea change in attitude towards media.