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This is totally ahistorical. Regional newspapers would “break” stories that would then get picked up by national outlets. In that system it was the standard to

This is totally ahistorical. Regional newspapers would “break” stories that would then get picked up by national outlets. In that system it was the standard to reference the paper that first reported the story. People understandably have a hard time conceptualizing a highly dynamic and diverse news media landscape these days, but back when it was working like it was supposed to —- before Clinton-era reforms destroyed the laws protecting against consolidation -— it was not as simple to suppress a story because you had actual competition who would profit if you didn’t. In other words, news wasn’t always so distinctly “entertainment” and the rules which govern news items in a landscape of less than a handful of media conglomerates are nothing like what used to govern in a less starkly dystopian version of the same.

pastage 1y ago
It is not the first time I have heard a local issue in the US by cited as a source of a global problem. I am fairly certain that Clinton had nothing to do with this global problem, he was president during a time were lots of things changed.
- ab5tract 1y ago
  If you can find any examples of non-totalitarian regimes that are facing the same media consolidation problems that were not immediately preceded by Clinton-esque laws deregulating said media consolidation, I would love to know about it! EDIT: The “world wide web” also played a major role in kneecapping the funding sources of journalism. But failing outlets could not simply be swallowed by conglomerates without the aforementioned liberalization of media ownership.
  - pastage 1y ago
    It is not that simple and sure I gained from that deregulation. We got to export lots of knowledge and tech to the US. I remember people coming back and just shaking their head at the competition, it was easy money for a decade. You still are suffering because of the telecommunication regulations like last mile internet. You are free to link something about consolidation and how that is bad and only because of Clinton. I think this is a case where your local situation makes it hard to understand.
lysace 1y ago
I believe you refer to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

pastage 1y ago

It is not the first time I have heard a local issue in the US by cited as a source of a global problem. I am fairly certain that Clinton had nothing to do with this global problem, he was president during a time were lots of things changed.

ab5tract 1y ago
If you can find any examples of non-totalitarian regimes that are facing the same media consolidation problems that were not immediately preceded by Clinton-esque laws deregulating said media consolidation, I would love to know about it! EDIT: The “world wide web” also played a major role in kneecapping the funding sources of journalism. But failing outlets could not simply be swallowed by conglomerates without the aforementioned liberalization of media ownership.
- pastage 1y ago
  It is not that simple and sure I gained from that deregulation. We got to export lots of knowledge and tech to the US. I remember people coming back and just shaking their head at the competition, it was easy money for a decade. You still are suffering because of the telecommunication regulations like last mile internet. You are free to link something about consolidation and how that is bad and only because of Clinton. I think this is a case where your local situation makes it hard to understand.

lysace 1y ago

I believe you refer to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996