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Re:The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust by jmclnx on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:37AM (#43220276)
That is what happens when the press is owned by a few billionaires or a couple of large media companies.

As I mentioned before, no 1 entity (includes all subsidizes, immediate family) should own no more than 3 Media Outlets. Media includes all kinds of Social Media, Broadcasting (Radio, TV Streaming) and Entertainment creation companies (like Fox, CBS).

This was pretty much forecasted when the fairness doctrine was eliminated.

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Re:The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust by alabastervlog on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:45AM (#43220349)
We used to have half-decent media-reach ownership rules, but those have been greatly relaxed this century, and desperately need to be strengthened and extended to the Web.
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Re:The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust by euroderf on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:48AM (#43220386)
A big leap was when the then-independent big three TV networks sold themselves to conglomerates. I think all three sold in the 1980s.
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Re:The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust by Amezarak on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:47AM (#43220380)
I agree that we need to break up large conglomerates and corporations, but I don’t think this is what caused the decline in media trust. The media breathlessly reporting fake stories and denying true ones did.
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