Bruce Springsteen on the Importance of the News

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Way back in October, Bruce Springsteen had something fundamentally important to say about what should be in the news:

Real news is the news we need to protect our freedoms. You get tabloid news, you get blood-and-guts news, you get news shot through with a self-glorifying facade of patriotism, but people have to sift too much for the news that we need to protect our freedoms. It should be gloriously presented to the people on a nightly basis. The loss of some of the soberness and seriousness of those institutions has had a devastating effect upon people’s ability to respond to the events of the day. Read more in the complete interview.

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