In recent months, revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have
all stirred public anger and spurred several European governments, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based research organization for the world's richest countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.
After all, a free, accurate, and objective press is widely regarded as the cornerstone of a free society and integral to upholding an informed
public — as opposed to a venue for intentionally
stirring up fear and
anger over that which is unknown or uncertain.