braindemon

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   by braindemon 15y ago

   the gatekeeper has arrived to bring down the hammer of regimes of discipline in the guise of liberal "openness"... since when is the merging of mega-corporate mergers of media conglomerates "political gossip" and not just "news"? And how r
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   by braindemon 15y ago

   I admit I painted an overly simplified, pre-1990's picture. Even the BBC has famously had to adopt a more "American" model of advertisers allowing more inroads by mega-corporations, and they've partnered with several American corporations.
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   by braindemon 15y ago

   It's really hard to make comparisons with Europe, because their situation is so different, and also within a very different cultural/historical context as well. Firstly, they don't suffer from a hyper-consumerized, anti-intellectual (shit