• IronBird@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc

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      11 hours ago

      Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

      In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.

    • porcoesphino@mander.xyz
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      9 hours ago

      Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too