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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by th0ma5 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:20PM (#15555422)
I both want to say this is bad, but also want to believe that like in Citizen Kane, owning a megaphone doesn't automatically equate to being able to control the narrative. But I'm also scared it does.
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by manicdee on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:32PM (#15555460)
Just look at Queensland, Australia. The public discourse is basically owned by Murdoch, and the population is far more right-wing than the rest of the country.
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by orangecat on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:04PM (#15555811)
The public discourse is basically owned by Murdoch, and the population is far more right-wing than the rest of the country.

The latter could easily be more of a cause of the former than vice versa.

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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by ekianjo on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:44PM (#15556197)
Isnt that a problem of people believing the press i.e. lacking a critical eye?
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by orangecat on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:05PM (#15555815)
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/09/trump-spent-about-half-of-wh...
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