• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Better get used to it. The oligarchs are swallowing up all the media companies in the US.

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      8 hours ago

      They’re actually already basically done, since like a couple of months ago or so. It’s kind of pretty very extremely fucked up!

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          54 minutes ago

          They are establishment Dem propaganda. I’ve noticed recent instances where they seem to be somewhat complicit or cagey with their language regarding all the fucked up shit that’s been going on. I.e. using language like “some people argue,” instead of plainly stating obviously illegal or fucked up shit. Their rebranding to MS Now was specifically to distance its brand from be a “resistance brand,” according to the CEO.

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          3 hours ago

          MSN is owned and operated by Microsoft Corporation.

          MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), is a cable news channel owned by Versant Media Group.

          Versant Media Group is an independent publicly traded company, after they spun off from Comcast.

          Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts and his family retain significant share holder control.

          He’s a billionaire that paid tons of money to both parties (let’s pause and think about this for a moment because as obvious as it is to all of us, we tend to forget that it is not normal to live in a two party state no more than it is living in a one party state), leaning mostly republican.

          So, I guess, as billionaires go, he’s not the worst offender. But, as billionaires go, he will always do what is financially expedient- that’s why any rich person pays both sides, so that regardless who comes out on top YoY, they win.