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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the crazy part is that Murdoch and Co.'s grip on america is so strong that he has half the country dancing to his tune, through a combination of stupidity and greed (fox/WSJ/majority of "independent" radio stations etc.)

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, that parts not crazy, it's just really depressing.

Propaganda works, and we really should have written a few more laws to protect independent media before everything calcified into place

[–] b000rg@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

UK had those laws, but Rupert Murdoch had lunch with Margaret Thatcher right before he purchased the Times of London, giving him a 40% market share in news media in the country. You wanna take a guess on whether those laws were enforced after their little meeting?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Do you ever wonder if we're in hell?

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

we did have some media-ownership limits couple decades back...

Bush and Clinton got rid of those

hence why people say both parties are the same...neolibs and republicans have always had the same end-goal

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

Oh... Wow, I really don't hate Clinton enough, he really just cut all the straps holding the country together, huh?