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Kid Berwyn

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2. Media Monopoly

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Dec 10

Ben Bagdikian warned us.

When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies has dwindled from fifty to ten to five.

https://www.beacon.org/The-New-Media-Monopoly-P1127.aspx

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Warning from Ron Filipkowski about right-wing oligarchs [View all] highplainsdem Dec 10 OP

K&R spanone Dec 10 #1

Media Monopoly Kid Berwyn Dec 10 #2

Anybody else noticed that "alternate" voices are only on the internet? And it is controlled by big corps? erronis Dec 10 #3

And we've ceded (given up) a lot of territory FakeNoose Dec 10 #6

We'll need to do more than just enforce anti-trust laws. slightlv Dec 10 #4

ABSO-EFFIN-LUTELY !!! Martin Eden Dec 10 #5