Jay Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor professor of public policy at Duke University and director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, discusses the decline of the government watchdog function among traditional for-profit media outlets. Hamilton delivered these remarks during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society September 21, 2009. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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