Abstract
Today it is well nigh unthinkable to view a newspaper as a dialogic medium, as a common carrier open to all, engaging readers and political leaders in a common discussion. And yet this, or something very close to is, was once the dominant press ideology in our country. With the emergence of the professional communicator, the journalist is no longer an independent interpreter of events, but rather an instrument in a routinised, industrial system of news transmission. The professional communicator writes thoughts that are not his own, conveys information she knows or believes to be false. In short, the professional communicator is alienated from her labour, and from the ideas and information she disseminates. One can graft codes of ethics onto this alienated process, one can develop professional associations - or, more appropriately, unions - to elevate communicators' social status or establish some minimal protections. But how can one render such a process - whereby communicators are by definition instruments wielded by the powerful - democratic?
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