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kysrsoze

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1. To a certain extent, it's still good vs. evil, and art vs. pure profit

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 10:59 AM

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I'm not a fan of media consolidation. But if it's a choice between the two, one will try and turn the news and stories into a right-wing machine and the other won't. Plus, the current CEO of Warner values profit over art, and has literally destroyed a lot of film/TV works to benefit from an associated tax write-off for the "loss." He also pushed CNN more to the right. IMO, it would be a significant step up in delivery of artistic content and real journalism if Netflix takes over.

You can count on Netflix not to turn Warner into a propaganda machine. Oligarchy or not, I don't want my entertainment to be a mouthpiece for wannabe dictators. It's pretty gross that the author fails to acknowledge what is plainly evident.

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To a certain extent, it's still good vs. evil, and art vs. pure profit kysrsoze Friday #1