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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by marcusverus on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:37PM (#28022711)
Facebook, Twitter and Reddit are social media platforms. They may be the primary mechanism by which the media’s products (articles, videos, podcasts) are shared, but they are not the media.
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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by wombatmobile on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:47PM (#28022750)
The biggest loss to society from this change arises from how the billions of dollars of revenue from advertising is spent.

Old media used to plough the money into investigative journalism and local news. New media doesn't do that, which is why our current crop of "leaders" in politics are drawn from celebrity culture and thrive on ignorance.

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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by fridif on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:45PM (#28022746)
Which is why they "moderate the content on the platform", right? People get banned for posting their political opinions but media companies
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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by Aunche on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:10PM (#28022868)
They moderate their content because if they don't, an angry mob will demand that companies pull ads from the platforms. Ironically, by prioritizing revenue over an agenda, it's actually the most democratic form of censorship.
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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by username90 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:22PM (#28023551)
Censorship based on how much money different groups spend and gets outraged is not very democratic compared to censorship based on democratic votes. And censorship based on democratic votes is seen as bad, what big corps do now is even worse.
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