All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisie

General@lemmygrad.ml · 10 months ago

All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisie

sicaniv@lemmygrad.ml · edit-2 10 months ago

They might not like it but it’s what happens anyway.

But, what actually happens in reality is, this…

Six corporations own 90% of news media in the United States. They’re NBCUniversal (COMCAST), Disney, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), VIACOM, News Corporation, and AT&T. All of these companies have rich executives who’ve been known to fund not just individual politicians, but both heads of the American party (I.E. both the Republican and the Democratic parties). Our government is owned by corporations, and those corporations also own our information.

AchillesUltimate · 10 months ago

Sure, 6 companies own 90% of news media, but that doesn’t mean new ones can’t pop up in the other 10% and make a good profit.

Even a journalist who just researches a recent event and posts their articles on reddit would be pretty cool but couldn’t exist without freedom of the press.