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Topical Currents

How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

07/16/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with University of Illinois professor and FreePress.net co-founder Robert McChesney, whose latest book is DIGITAL DISCONNECT: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy. He wonders if a society drenched in commercial information is a democratic one, and if digital technology has superpower over political power. Has the Internet explosion created even more income disparity? Topical Currentsat 1pm on WLRN-HD1 rebroadcast at 7pm on WLRN-HD2 and audio on-demand after the live program.  

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