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A comment on A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (Larry Ellison).

Re:A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @01:41PM (#46378037)
My hope is that media outlets that have lost all journalistic credibility are quickly becoming a thing of the past—abandoned by readers, advertisers.

So long.

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Re:A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (... by lateforwork on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @03:02PM (#46378723)
That only works if there is competition, right? At some point, if all media is owned by oligarchs there won't be any competition.
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Re:A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @11:19PM (#46382034)
I imagine that shitty, captured journalism will itself create competition.
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Re:A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (... by JohnTHaller on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @05:40PM (#46380044)
The popularity of Fox News amongst MAGA would beg to differ with you
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Re:A Father, a Son and Their $108B Push for Media Moguldom (... by dimator on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @05:48PM (#46380122)
Yes, we should abandon the practice of journalism, and replace it with... checks notes... some conspiracy theories from substack.
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