One of the great television villains of all time, known to Jerry Seinfeld and the world simply as “Newman,” once said, “When you control the mail, you control . . . information!”
These days, while most Americans might occasionally receive essential information in their mailboxes, the gatekeepers to information are digital, and the power to control the free flow of information rests in a dangerously small number of large companies. As our nation approaches a presidential election, citizens who take civic duty seriously are searching for information about candidates to cast an informed vote. The search results are disturbing, to say the least.
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