"Dollarocracy" : An In-Depth Interview with Robert McChesney

This week on Imaginary Lines we look at the money and power behind last week’s election confirming what everyone already knows: American democracy is under siege. Corporations buy elections with virtually unlimited cash and big media conglomerates reap billions from political advertising. As the money gets bigger, especially after the Citizens United ruling, and journalism, a core check and balance on the government, declines, American citizens are in danger of becoming less informed and more open to manipulation. With groundbreaking behind-the-scenes reporting and staggering new research on “the money power,” McChesney's new book shows that this new power does not just endanger electoral politics; it is a challenge to the DNA of American democracy itself.