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bigtree

(85,984 posts)
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:11 PM Jan 2022

Yes, one day after US economy broke 4-decade-old record for growth, NYT ran a frontpage story

Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert 44m
and yes, one day after US economy broke 4-decade-old record for growth, NYT ran frontpage story abt why it's bad news for Biden





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Yes, one day after US economy broke 4-decade-old record for growth, NYT ran a frontpage story (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2022 OP
The Times, the Washington Post and other media seem to hate Biden Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #1
No national news is going to promote democratic or Democrataic ideals when they are all owned by the ShazamIam Jan 2022 #3
The media have decided upon their narrative EarlG Jan 2022 #2
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2022 #5
sick of it Skittles Jan 2022 #4

Wicked Blue

(5,826 posts)
1. The Times, the Washington Post and other media seem to hate Biden
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jan 2022

and want to tear him down.

How well do they think they will fare under a fascist government that censors the media and shuts down the ones that annoy it?

What if reporters get jailed or even executed?

Don't the idiots running these publications ever THINK about the consequences of what they do?

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)
3. No national news is going to promote democratic or Democrataic ideals when they are all owned by the
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:39 PM
Jan 2022

same group of investors and or adherents to feudalism over democracy like the libertarians who own WaPo and Boston Globe and who did a takeover of NYTimes in 2011 for editorial control.
As for all the television and video folks, cnn, msnbc, abc, cbs, nbc all controlled by the same institutional investors, and PBS and NPR had their tax funding cut to about 25% of their budgets giving editorial control to right wing money.

Those news organizations you are concerned about are the tools of the oligarchs.

Here is a list showing the major stockholders in the largest news organizations.

Viacom(CBS) major stock holders.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/VIAC/holders/

Disney(ABC)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DIS/holders

AT&T(CNN)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/T/holders

Comcast(NBC)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CMCSA/holders

Sinclair Broadcasting Corporation:
https://stockzoa.com/ticker/sbgi/

EarlG

(21,939 posts)
2. The media have decided upon their narrative
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:30 PM
Jan 2022

Now it's time to write all the stories to fit the narrative.

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