Why do you think Jeff Bezos brought the Washington Post - he saw how Rupert Murdoch works.

Google should have brought the independent when it was up for sale cheap

And look at how he's made it much worse. Clickbait headlines, political pandering. They have some good content but I'm so sick of the bad stuff I go elsewhere.

And Clinton's top financial backer bought "The Onion".

Shrug. It's got to be owned by someone.

I don't see your point.

Somebody is going to own the media. It just so happens that Murdoch started some media outlets.

It's much better than the media being state-run.

The difference between now and say 30 years ago is many media companies were independently owned, now, like food in supermarkets, there are a few conglomerates that own all the media companies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate

If you go to the local level, John Oliver did a segment on Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns a bunch of local news stations and pushes political propaganda to them.

http://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/john-oliver-local-news-cons...

The point being is you have all our media digestible content, particularly news, controlled by a handful of corporations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

Sinclair, the one Oliver mentions, covers 40% of US households and is only the second largest next to Nexstar.

And John Oliver is owned by Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting.

You don't think Oliver is above propaganda do you?

No, he has an agenda as well. His position is a little less influenced now though because HBO's business model doesn't involve advertisements. I'm sure he doesn't bite the hand that feeds him either.

>Somebody is going to own the media

Disagree. Why do you think anyone "owning the media" would be a giood idea, let alone an acceptable one.

I didn't say anything about a good idea.

I definitely think it's better for individuals and regulated corporations to own it than for the media to be state-run.

And your proposed alternative is?

Lots of people own lots of media.

Awesome. You have your wish. Surf around.