Re:Nine States Face Economic Contraction, Most Since 2009 Cr...
by whatshisface on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:57AM
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Even in the most extreme possible case where the WaPo is an outlet for Jeff Bezos' personal opinions, is it really the case that Jeff Bezos couldn't have anything interesting to tell us? One billionaire-owned newspaper isn't that bad on its own, because the other newspapers can still report on the owner of the one. What's really scary is when the billionaire owners go golfing together, which would be a failure of the system that banning a couple publications couldn't help us with.
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Re:Nine States Face Economic Contraction, Most Since 2009 Cr...
by merpnderp on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:50AM
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Hasn't this been the case for some time? The number of people who actually matter in the news industry is only a few thousand, and their social graph looks like they're all married to each other's cousins (which is only half a joke).