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Which I don’t agree with. Why should social media companies be forced to carry the news?

by _aavaa_ 2y ago

s1artibartfast 2y ago
IMO it is just a shakedown. The "why" is simply that the government has the ability and leverage to extract the money.
- _aavaa_ 2y ago
  I agree, especially given that the media companies that got the money was largely Murdoch’s empire.
BurningFrog 2y ago
Because they're rich foreign owned companies that you can force to pay.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  But you're paying a rich Australian (Murdoch) who is trying to manipulate Anglo democracies and directly enabled the election of a President who has dramatically undermined Australia's foreign policy. Australia has the 2nd most concentrated media industry in the world - only China is even more concentrated [0] Like everything else, morals are for chumps. It's oligarchs fighting each other. [0] - https://gmicp.org/communications-media-and-internet-concentration-in-australia-2019-2022/ https://gmicp.org/communications-media-and-internet-concentr...
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    Did you mean "but" or "and"? Clarification: I guess I don't view your statement as a negation, modification, or point of contrast to the statement above. Both are accurate as I understand the situation. My understanding is that "and" is more appropriate for additive information.
    - alephnerd 2y ago
      I'm directly replying to OP's statement that "Because they're rich foreign owned [social media] companies that you can force to pay"
      - BurningFrog 2y ago
        Yeah, I don't understand how that's a response to my post either. I got that you don't like Murdoch.
Maxamillion96 2y ago
news is a social good while social media in its current form is a social ill.
- Gothmog69 2y ago
  Depends on the news
- _aavaa_ 2y ago
  On the one hand: tax all companies and people to pay for it. I’m all for that. On the other: news is largely produced by private companies. Their ability to reach customers and their financial viability is their problem and their responsibility. I don’t see any proposals to extort Craigslist, and they’re equally if not more responsible for the situations news companies find themselves in.

Which I don’t agree with. Why should social media companies be forced to carry the news?

s1artibartfast 2y ago

IMO it is just a shakedown. The "why" is simply that the government has the ability and leverage to extract the money.

_aavaa_ 2y ago
I agree, especially given that the media companies that got the money was largely Murdoch’s empire.

BurningFrog 2y ago

Because they're rich foreign owned companies that you can force to pay.

alephnerd 2y ago
But you're paying a rich Australian (Murdoch) who is trying to manipulate Anglo democracies and directly enabled the election of a President who has dramatically undermined Australia's foreign policy. Australia has the 2nd most concentrated media industry in the world - only China is even more concentrated [0] Like everything else, morals are for chumps. It's oligarchs fighting each other. [0] - https://gmicp.org/communications-media-and-internet-concentration-in-australia-2019-2022/ https://gmicp.org/communications-media-and-internet-concentr...
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  Did you mean "but" or "and"? Clarification: I guess I don't view your statement as a negation, modification, or point of contrast to the statement above. Both are accurate as I understand the situation. My understanding is that "and" is more appropriate for additive information.
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    I'm directly replying to OP's statement that "Because they're rich foreign owned [social media] companies that you can force to pay"
    - BurningFrog 2y ago
      Yeah, I don't understand how that's a response to my post either. I got that you don't like Murdoch.

Maxamillion96 2y ago

news is a social good while social media in its current form is a social ill.

Gothmog69 2y ago
Depends on the news
_aavaa_ 2y ago
On the one hand: tax all companies and people to pay for it. I’m all for that. On the other: news is largely produced by private companies. Their ability to reach customers and their financial viability is their problem and their responsibility. I don’t see any proposals to extort Craigslist, and they’re equally if not more responsible for the situations news companies find themselves in.