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Re:Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revo... by fnordfnordfnord on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:34AM (#5165010)
Are you suggesting the possibility that Rupert Murdoch might secretly be a liberal, just with a keen sense for business? While profit may always a motive, I suspect it's a very rare media entity that is objectively focused on profit.
Re:Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revo... by elemenohpee on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:51AM (#5165164)
If they are not, market theory would predict that they would be replaced by entities that are.
Re:Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revo... by fnordfnordfnord on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:12PM (#5165361)
But we're surrounded by evidence that efficient market theory is not how the world works.
Re:Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revo... by elemenohpee on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:44PM (#5165664)
But that doesn't stop the ideologues in power from running companies as if it is.