"It is a really interesting time to be talking about politics and media," observed Victor Pickard, associate professor of communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, during a public lecture at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at CEU's School of Public Policy on October 12. Pickard, who has written extensively on media in the United States, went on to note that there were many signs that the health of the media system in the United States these days is "sub-optimal." Pickard said that this was of particular concern in a democracy because "a healthy democracy requires a healthy press system." The primary reason for the crisis in American media today, according to Pickard, is its strong reliance on ad revenue.
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