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I agree. 232 people control the news that 277 million americans are allowed to see. ([1] from 2012). Many of us have been pounding this drum for a long time,

I agree. 232 people control the news that 277 million americans are allowed to see. ([1] from 2012). Many of us have been pounding this drum for a long time, including Trump himself. I think it is this control at a national level that the Sinclair news anchors were being told to warn people about, but the NYT has flipped the narrative on them, and now they're the bad guys. Genius, but unfortunate. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-...

losteric 9y ago
> Many of us have been pounding this drum for a long time, including Trump himself. Can you cite that? It sounds like prime material for Reddit's /r/TrumpCriticizesTrump/
- robotrout 9y ago
  Cite it? Fake News has been his mantra for awhile. I think you'll find it.
  - losteric 9y ago
    I don't see how "fake news" relates to media monopolization. It's just a fallacious outright rejection of unpleasant news. In fact, Trump just stated he supports Sinclair's monopolization.
    - mistermann 9y ago
      Monopolization is highly beneficial to facilitating fake news, you don't see that?
      - losteric 9y ago
        It's the other way around. Fake news is selective ignorance that distracts from the cancer eating away at our formerly-educated electorate.
        mistermann 9y ago
        One entity owning multiple outlets and therefore having the ability to broadcast a consistent message, as literally shown in the video, not only does not facilitate fake news, but can not? It acts as an antidote to fake news, in all cases?
        losteric 9y ago
        "Fake news" is a symptom of consumer ignorance, and beneficial for facilitating monopolization.
        mistermann 9y ago
        Please answer my question.
        losteric 9y ago
        Which one? They looked rhetorical to me.
maxerickson 9y ago
Your take doesn't jibe with Sinclair requiring their stations to air Boris Epshteyn and his, uh, "analysis".
prolikewhoa 9y ago
Agreed. This has been no secret and a lot of people have absolutely been pounding this drum for a long time. Bernie talking about it in 1988 as mayor of Burlington: https://youtu.be/KIQ_Kj7uBeg https://youtu.be/KIQ_Kj7uBeg
IngvarLynn 9y ago
It is not "are allowed to see" but "chose to consume". This whole "fake news" jazz is for the wrong reason.

losteric 9y ago

> Many of us have been pounding this drum for a long time, including Trump himself. Can you cite that? It sounds like prime material for Reddit's /r/TrumpCriticizesTrump/

robotrout 9y ago
Cite it? Fake News has been his mantra for awhile. I think you'll find it.
- losteric 9y ago
  I don't see how "fake news" relates to media monopolization. It's just a fallacious outright rejection of unpleasant news. In fact, Trump just stated he supports Sinclair's monopolization.
  - mistermann 9y ago
    Monopolization is highly beneficial to facilitating fake news, you don't see that?
    - losteric 9y ago
      It's the other way around. Fake news is selective ignorance that distracts from the cancer eating away at our formerly-educated electorate.
      - mistermann 9y ago
        One entity owning multiple outlets and therefore having the ability to broadcast a consistent message, as literally shown in the video, not only does not facilitate fake news, but can not? It acts as an antidote to fake news, in all cases?
        losteric 9y ago
        "Fake news" is a symptom of consumer ignorance, and beneficial for facilitating monopolization.
        mistermann 9y ago
        Please answer my question.
        losteric 9y ago
        Which one? They looked rhetorical to me.

maxerickson 9y ago

Your take doesn't jibe with Sinclair requiring their stations to air Boris Epshteyn and his, uh, "analysis".

prolikewhoa 9y ago

Agreed. This has been no secret and a lot of people have absolutely been pounding this drum for a long time. Bernie talking about it in 1988 as mayor of Burlington: https://youtu.be/KIQ_Kj7uBeg https://youtu.be/KIQ_Kj7uBeg

IngvarLynn 9y ago

It is not "are allowed to see" but "chose to consume". This whole "fake news" jazz is for the wrong reason.