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"What's been the actual effect of that?" What is the mainstream medias opinion on Julian Assange?

• unity1001 4y ago
  Isn't the mainstream media selling that very propaganda...
• fortuna86 4y ago
  The "mainstream media" is a collection of thousands of people at hundreds of independent organizations, it doesn't have a single collective opinion about anything..
  • alfiedotwtf 4y ago
    > hundreds of independent organizations You forgot the /s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo
    • fortuna86 4y ago
      Yes, hundreds. https://adage.com/images/random/100mediacos03.pdf https://adage.com/images/random/100mediacos03.pdf Worldwide, thousands. But do go on about how they all meet in secret once a month to go over their collective talking points.
  • jessaustin 4y ago
    There are six TV news firms in USA. In many locales, the same local news "team" appears on all broadcast channels.
    • fortuna86 4y ago
      Now do print, online, radio, etc. All of that is "mainstream news", right?
      • jessaustin 4y ago
        It's the same six firms. [0] How do you not know this? Oh yeah, plus Amazon Prime Video owns WaPo... that brings in the full range of anonymous-leak TLA opinions. [0] https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own-almost-all-media-infographic/ https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own...