Elliot D. Cohen discusses his book "Last Days of Democracy: How Big Media and Power-hungry Government Are Turning America into a Dictatorship."

Cohen shows how mainstream media corporations like CNN, Fox, and NBC (General Electric) together with giant telecoms like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T have become administration pawns in a well-organized effort to hijack America. He details how incredible power, control, and wealth have been amassed in the hands of an elite few while the rest of us have been systematically manipulated, deceived, and divested of our freedom.

Cohen is the editor-in-chief of the "International Journal of Applied Philosophy," ethics editor for "Free Inquiry" magazine, and the author or editor of many books in journalism, professional ethics, and philosophical counseling, including "News Incorporated: Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy," and "Philosophical Issues in Journalism." He was the first prize recipient of the 2007 Project Censored Award for his investigative reporting on the corporate takeover of the Internet.