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Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:37 am
Posted by blowmeauburn
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2006
8051 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:37 am
Time to break them up. Media consolidation is a clear threat to the public good. One company with an agenda shouldn't be allowed to create an echo chamber loaded with fake information. This goes for both sides of the aisle.

How are these not oligopolies?

Currently 6 companies own 90% of media in this country. Not that hard to see why they all cover the same shite with the same narrative.

It's been done with Oil Companies...it's been done with Telecom...time to do it with media.
Posted by LSUTIGER in TEXAS
Member since Jan 2008
13683 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:42 am to
Obama worked his arse off consolidating the media into one voice...
Posted by Ceron86
Lafayette
Member since May 2017
89 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:48 am to
Bust that monopoly wide open!
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:49 am to
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Time to break them up.

By definition, you're a cuck.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 8:49 am
Posted by WorkinDawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
9341 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:55 am to
Hadn't thought about it, but interesting point.

Think about this- the left can no longer make a profit from media. So left leaning media dinosaurs are bought by highly profitable non-media companies. Then propped up so they can continue "reporting". And it's never a conservative buying CNN or NYT....they don't have a need for a $$ losing venture.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
62668 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:56 am to
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Time to break them up. Media consolidation is a clear threat to the public good.
You can thank Newt Gingrich And the '96 Republican Congress for killing off ownership limits.
Posted by blowmeauburn
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2006
8051 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:57 am to
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Think about this- the left can no longer make a profit from media. So left leaning media dinosaurs are bought by highly profitable non-media companies. Then propped up so they can continue "reporting". And it's never a conservative buying CNN or NYT....they don't have a need for a $$ losing venture.


On the surface, yes but most of these are conglomerates that own the entire process...for instance Comcast makes content, has networks (NBC) to distribute that content, and then owns the cable and internet service provider for a plurality of households.
Posted by beastieboys
South Jordan, UT
Member since Jan 2008
2193 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 8:59 am to
There has never been a better time alternative media sources. Just start supporting them and turn off corporate mainstream news.

RT, The Intercept, Breitbart, Infowars, The Young Turks, Democracy Now, all have large growing audiences...
Posted by blowmeauburn
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2006
8051 posts
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:01 am to
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RT, The Intercept, Breitbart, Infowars, The Young Turks, Democracy Now, all have large growing audiences...


Oh I do. I check probably 20 or 30 news sites a day just to get caught up. I'm more worried about my grandparents, parents, and just your run of the mill working person who slaves all day and then comes home and only has time for a few minutes of "news". Not their fault they have a life and have been trained to trust what is reported by these companies.

Something has to be done. This is on both sides of the aisle. It's all just straight propaganda.
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