And the smaller press were bought out or folded, because apparently people don’t read their news on paper anymore, which is sad.
That’s ok though because people can directly tweet live happenings… oh wait
So anyway, the large social medias are crippled one way or another; and there are few paid journalists outside the influence of the top 10 news corps in the USA
It’s a bad time to have an information blackout, or one controlled by a very few
Yes, I am beginning to understand the takeover of media was more insidious. I knew about the market forces but I did not realize much how the different monopolies worked together, both in practice and accidentally, to squish the survivors, who were struggling but could have recovered.
And the smaller press were bought out or folded, because apparently people don’t read their news on paper anymore, which is sad.
That’s ok though because people can directly tweet live happenings… oh wait
So anyway, the large social medias are crippled one way or another; and there are few paid journalists outside the influence of the top 10 news corps in the USA
It’s a bad time to have an information blackout, or one controlled by a very few
Bought out or folded because they lost ad support from major business groups whenever they failed to kowtow to the company line.
The remaining US media institutions are all either utterly subservient to or entirely owned by corporate boards and billionaires.
Yes, I am beginning to understand the takeover of media was more insidious. I knew about the market forces but I did not realize much how the different monopolies worked together, both in practice and accidentally, to squish the survivors, who were struggling but could have recovered.
That’s one of the reasons I’m here.