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From The Free Press mission statements: > Media Control > Powerful corporations want to decide what you’re able to watch, listen to, read and share. And runawa
by threecheese 1y ago
From The Free Press mission statements:
> Media Control > Powerful corporations want to decide what you’re able to watch, listen to, read and share. And runaway media consolidation among news organizations has squashed diverse, local and independent voices, leaving us in the dark about important developments in our communities.
With the recent alleged quid-pro-quo between Paramount and Pres Trump on the Skydance merger, and this merger - into an entity controlled by Larry Ellison - I’m not feeling to great about their ability to execute on that mission. Happy to be wrong though.
- threecheese 1y agoOK, now: > Free Speech > We’re facing a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump works to consolidate his power, carry out personal vendettas and ravage the federal government in illegal ways. I sincerely don’t know how to read this; either Paramount/CBS is worried about their public perception wrt kowtowing to government pressure, or right-wing media is buying legitimacy via branding, or this is a personal “squash your enemies” favor between billionaires.
- tracker1 1y agoI'm not sure what level of confidence I have in any major media conglomerate to actually deliver anything resembling unbiased news at this point. The entirety "journalism" is entrenched by activists to begin with. The best you can do is get a few of the same stories from sources that are biased in different directions to glean out something resembling a complete picture, and even then you should be skeptical.
- BrenBarn 1y ago> I'm not sure what level of confidence I have in any major media conglomerate to actually deliver anything resembling unbiased news at this point. I'd go further: I'm not sure what level of confidence I have in any major conglomerate to deliver anything good.