Are we seeing the last days of Democracy?

This author seems to think so. Listen. What do you think -- is the speaker "crying wolf" or giving us a "heads up"?

As you ponder your answer comes news that "[t]he Bancroft family has accepted ... $5 billion offer to buy the publisher of the Wall Street Journal ... [and] Dow Jones will be part of News Corp". News Corp. is owned by Robert Murdock, who also owns FOX and other news businesses.