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>Many of these arguments seem vague and conspiratorial. For example, it asserts that plutocrats really control all of our media. For this, it cites another arti
by swebs 8y ago
>Many of these arguments seem vague and conspiratorial. For example, it asserts that plutocrats really control all of our media. For this, it cites another article by the same author, which talks about Jeff Bezos acquiring Washington Post.
This one isn't exactly a secret.
90% of US media is controlled by 5 companies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_cross-ownership_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_cross-ownership_in_the_U...
These 15 Billionaires Own America's News Media Companies
http://archive.li/hWTJt http://archive.li/hWTJt
- mirimir 8y ago> We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie structure and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions. This core can be seen as an economic “super-entity” that raises new important issues both for researchers and policy makers. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025995 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....