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I would not even be surprised to learn that billionaires buy newspapers to push their views.
by pnako 7y ago
I would not even be surprised to learn that billionaires buy newspapers to push their views.
- CalChris 7y agoOr television networks.
- TomMckenny 7y agoEven though both the Sinclair/Murdoch TV/radio web have vastly greater influence and audiences, explicit cultivate and advertise their bias and run stories uncorroborated anywhere else in the free world, they are not mentioned. This is because the complaint isn't about objectivity, it's about silencing information sources not in-step with the ruling party.
- reaperducer 7y agoSince at least the 1600's. Except they weren't billionaires then. More like thousandaires. And instead of buying, they just started a new one.
- notduncansmith 7y agoWell then prepare to not be surprised: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-p...