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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control:
TikTok
CBS
CNN
HBO
Discovery Channel
BET
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central
DC Studios
Fandango
Miramax
MTV
Nickelodeon
Paramount
PlutoTV
Showtime
TBS
The CW
TNT
Warner Bros.
And more
This is oligarchy.
10:48 AM · Mar 11, 2026
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DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,423 posts)to enforce them; not to mention a "fairness doctrine" when it comes to media coverage. Oh, wait,
Trueblue1968
(19,222 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,258 posts)That is to boycott. Do not give them permission to gaslight you.
ananda
(34,987 posts)And it's not a problem at all.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,258 posts)I got rid of the tv stations when Keith olbermann was fired. I knew the fix was in. We have tvs but they are just dumb boxes to watch movies.
pwb
(12,622 posts)I say bring them back with the wealth tax.
littlemissmartypants
(32,930 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,167 posts)It makes them trillions.
littlemissmartypants
(32,930 posts)Thanks for sharing this, Passages. ❤️
mvd
(65,900 posts)An AOC or Mamdani type for Vermont.
erronis
(23,638 posts)She's fresh and fierce. In her first term she's already made good trouble.
Passages
(3,996 posts)littlemissmartypants
(32,930 posts)angrychair
(12,195 posts)I didn't think it will ever come to pass. Oracle isn't doing that well and some banks have already cut off access to financing. They are deeply entrenched in the Al stuff and very exposed.
Al is hanging by a thread and when it goes Oracle will go with it.
GiqueCee
(3,987 posts)... USED to be illegal!
As was Big Pharma advertising directly to consumers. Wanna know part of the reason drug prices are so high, apart from blind, slavering greed? Look at their advertising budgets!
There USED to be limits on how many stations in a given market area one company could own. No more.
There USED to be limits on companies owning all their suppliers vertical integration was their euphemism for it.
Monopolizing anything was against the law! Tell that to Weasel Walmart, Bozo Bezos; look at how many supermarket chains are owned by Albertsons, for instance (An estimated 2,305 stores divided by at least 20 chains!)... and the list goes on.
Excuse me; I just felt my blood pressure go through the roof.
Passages
(3,996 posts)We have a steep hill to climb to get back on track.
GiqueCee
(3,987 posts)... will be laughing his ass off for a looong time.
Passages
(3,996 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,480 posts)peppertree
(23,272 posts)What, exactly, they saw in that botoxed boob - who can say.
BurnDoubt
(1,649 posts)Toxic Masculinity.
And the Corruption that makes it possible and keeps it front-and-center.
The Heritage Foundation
Making Corruption Great Again for more than a hundred years.
BComplex
(9,870 posts)America needs to start making rules about amassing so much power.
Wanderlust988
(779 posts)Giving too much power to the president in handling Tik Tok. I would've rather had the Chinese own it than Trump acolytes.
BlueKota
(5,286 posts)Like the one being filed by the California AG?
sakabatou
(46,067 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,746 posts)NJCher
(43,033 posts)But I commend Bernie for bringing it up.
GenThePerservering
(3,271 posts)problem solved.
👍👍👍👍 Bernie!
Blue Owl
(58,923 posts)Fuck them.
underpants
(196,158 posts)Thats an incredible amount of content control