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I_UndergroundPanther

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13. We need to go back to limiting how

Reply to texasfiddler (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 11:29 PM

Sep 2024

Many radio / tv stations / media streams a person or corporation can own. And how many media outlets they can own in a state as well.

Also reinstate the fairness doctrine.
And make media outlets declare when news is news and opinion is opinion and when entertainment is entertainment. Say it often and clearly regarding the shows they air..

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Why do rich rightwing people buy up TV, Radio, and other media for propaganda? Yet the rich left does other things!! [View all] texasfiddler Sep 2024 OP

Jeff Bezos should buy a newspaper or something... WarGamer Sep 2024 #1

He's hardly a leftist. spooky3 Sep 2024 #3

Hey yeah. Oh wait LearnedHand Sep 2024 #5

The guy who hired a Brit that worked with Murdoch and tied to the phone hacking scandal in the UK as Editor? tenderfoot Sep 2024 #9

Rich Democrats tend to give gazillions to charity. TwilightZone Sep 2024 #2

Bill gates has generally been a Republican. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #11

Anything to back that up? onenote Sep 2024 #12

Because brainwashing the masses is the only way they can keep their ill gotten gains. Initech Sep 2024 #4

Because we suck at hate radio and I don't want us to gain those skills LearnedHand Sep 2024 #6

Rich RWers buy media properties as an ego play. Midnight Writer Sep 2024 #7

"rich left" is an oxymoron. orthoclad Sep 2024 #8

Right wing oligarchs have a lot more money. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #10

We need to go back to limiting how I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2024 #13

Obsessed with ideology. They'll lose money, doesn't matter. Reshaping society according to right-wing ideology betsuni Sep 2024 #14

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