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The MPAA represents the interests of companies that are owned by media conglomerates that control the mainstream news media. They strongly influence who wins e
by narrator 15y ago
The MPAA represents the interests of companies that are owned by media conglomerates that control the mainstream news media. They strongly influence who wins elections. Don't underestimate their power.
- stephengillie 15y agoThe influence of the mainstream media is waning. All they do is gather information into a centralized location, editorialize, and distribute the information. How much longer will people listen to them instead of their friends on Twitter?
- bratsche 15y agoLong enough to to let the Internet get fucked over. And I'm sorry, but outside tech people I know almost nobody who really uses Twitter. I know a ton of people who have Twitter accounts and almost none of them ever use it. The influence of mainstream media is not waning. The influence of proper journalism is waning though, and that's pretty scary.
- cabalamat 15y agoMaybe. But Wikipedia going blank for a day had a fair bit to do with SOPA's demise. And I suspect Google and Facebook get more pageviews in a day than all news sites put together.