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Seventy years ago things like Fox News didn't exist. Although various news stations had their bias, it wasn't as overt as what Fox does with crafting their narr
by astrodust 8y ago
Seventy years ago things like Fox News didn't exist. Although various news stations had their bias, it wasn't as overt as what Fox does with crafting their narratives and painting every story with their brush.
Now you can exist in a bubble of Rush Libaugh, Alex Jones, Fox News and other extreme right-wing publications and find yourself utterly isolated from anything resembling objective truth or actual journalism. In that bubble you won't know up from down, you'll just cheer for your "team" to win.
- prolikewh0a 8y ago>Seventy years ago things like Fox News didn't exist. There was also much more variety, but since then most of the newspapers and news networks have been bought up by a relatively small amount of companies. Clear Channel was allowed to own thousands of radio stations. [0] http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-...
- astrodust 8y agoFast forward to a few years from now when six becomes three, and then three becomes two. Or one.