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If those billionaires play an active role in shutting down unfavourable coverage of themselves, yes. To my knowledge that hasn't been uncovered yet, though. Do
by untog 9y ago
If those billionaires play an active role in shutting down unfavourable coverage of themselves, yes. To my knowledge that hasn't been uncovered yet, though.
Don't get me wrong, in an ideal world all reporting would be independent, but I'm not sure how that model would be achieved.
- olfactory 9y agoI agree with the ideal you describe, but I think it is naive to assume that billionaires buy news orgs simply because they enjoy picking up a good newspaper in the morning.