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They had some good ideas, but they also had some really bad ideas. (lemmy.world)
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I'd vote for a candidate who campaigned to repeal the Second Amendment.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:

European version:

Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Looking at the European version, I don't see any of the big serious journalistic outlets. Most of what's in there are just tabloids or lifestyle magazines. And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn't mean that they are not free

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here's one for France:

It shows national and big local newspapers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Idk if it's my lemmy client, but I can't read most of the text in the image, because it's too low res

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free

Sure it does. If the CEO of a news organization doesn't want something published, it doesn't get published. That's why you never see articles on the Washington post that are critical of Bezos/Amazon/etc. And so when you get huge swaths of the media controlled by just a few people, it is no longer free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I note a lack of NPR in the us version.... also seems like conspiracy bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

At the very least, every product should be explicitly labeled as produced by the top parent company, right next to the actual name of the product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Disney ate 21st Century Fox, so it's even worse now.