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Another way to put this..how much does the news media influence people? In the U.S. 90% of the news media is held by 5 conglomerates. You get creepy stuff lik
by nickthemagicman 6y ago
Another way to put this..how much does the news media influence people?
In the U.S. 90% of the news media is held by 5 conglomerates.
You get creepy stuff like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI&feature=emb_logo
Makes you wonder how reliable the news media is in the U.S.
I can't even imagine how bad it is in countries where oligarchs control things.
- cowpig 6y agoThe thing you're linking to is a phenomenon specific to the Sinclair Broadcast Group[0], a partisan media organization that is actively attempting to undermine local journalism in the US and replace it with neo-conservative propaganda. To compare any of the major US news conglomerates to this would be a false equivalence. Also, any comment on the centralization of media in the US that doesn't mention Facebook is outdated at this point. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group
- manquer 6y agoControlling media and influencing it social or otherwise is a concern when media is a oligarchy , social media is also an oligarchy , there are few players who dominate most of the readership . The big American conglomerates are just as partisan as Sinclair , there is still some professionalism that they have not devolved to Sinclair level. However trends in recent past point towards only downward movement simply because of economics , you make more money telling people what they want to hear.