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Deuxcents

(27,709 posts) Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:14 PM Sep 2025

"There will come a time when the rich will own all the media..

And it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.”
Albert Einstein 1949

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"There will come a time when the rich will own all the media.. (Original Post) Deuxcents Sep 2025 OP

Ah, so sorry, THEY OWN IT ALREADY!!!!!! a kennedy Sep 2025 #1

A J Liebling... The New Yorker: Wayward Press... ultralite001 Sep 2025 #2

A Magat billionaire friend of Musk gab13by13 Sep 2025 #3

Bill Clinton 1996 to encourage competition and accessibility among other things Deuxcents Sep 2025 #6

That's why people listen to podcasts womanofthehills Sep 2025 #4

Not exactly GenThePerservering Sep 2025 #5

a kennedy

(36,350 posts)

1. Ah, so sorry, THEY OWN IT ALREADY!!!!!!

Reply to Deuxcents (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:16 PM

Sep 2025

ultralite001

(2,679 posts)

2. A J Liebling... The New Yorker: Wayward Press...

Reply to Deuxcents (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:28 PM

Sep 2025

""Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

Methinks this applies to other forms of media as well...

gab13by13

(32,788 posts)

3. A Magat billionaire friend of Musk

Reply to Deuxcents (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:34 PM

Sep 2025

may soon own CNN.

Who was it who signed the Telecommunications Act?

Deuxcents

(27,709 posts)

6. Bill Clinton 1996 to encourage competition and accessibility among other things

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:59 PM

Sep 2025

womanofthehills

(11,036 posts)

4. That's why people listen to podcasts

Reply to Deuxcents (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:37 PM

Sep 2025

Most good ones are sponsored by listeners.

GenThePerservering

(3,711 posts)

5. Not exactly

Reply to Deuxcents (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:45 PM

Sep 2025

But it does rhyme.

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