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Re:Criticizing Google got me fired by Clubber on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:17PM (#15145161)
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.

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Re:Criticizing Google got me fired by frogpelt on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:44PM (#15145727)
And John Oliver is owned by Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting.

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

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Re:Criticizing Google got me fired by Clubber on Friday September 01, 2017 @12:09AM (#15146055)
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.
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