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I both want to say this is bad, but also want to believe that like in Citizen Kane, owning a megaphone doesn't automatically equate to being able to control the
by th0ma5 9y ago
I both want to say this is bad, but also want to believe that like in Citizen Kane, owning a megaphone doesn't automatically equate to being able to control the narrative. But I'm also scared it does.
- manicdee 9y agoJust look at Queensland, Australia. The public discourse is basically owned by Murdoch, and the population is far more right-wing than the rest of the country.
- orangecat 9y agoThe public discourse is basically owned by Murdoch, and the population is far more right-wing than the rest of the country. The latter could easily be more of a cause of the former than vice versa.
- ekianjo 9y agoIsnt that a problem of people believing the press i.e. lacking a critical eye?
- orangecat 9y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-what-clinton-did-on-his-way-to-the-presidency.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-wh...