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   StillIRise1963 (stillirise1963@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 05:49:40 JST StillIRise1963

   The media IS NOT MAKING “MISTAKES.” They’re betraying the public on purpose. ACCEPT REALITY. It’s easier and makes more sense.

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     Dan Bowman (danielbowmaniel@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:45 JST Dan Bowman

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     • Ian Hecht
     • Frances Larina

     @Frances_Larina @ianhecht @StillIRise1963

     I'm old enough to remember that the FCC's Fairness Doctrine was abolished by the GOP and President Reagan in 1987. The oligarchs have been playing the long game.

     #gop
     #journalism
     #facsists
     #broadcasting

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     Frances Larina (frances_larina@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:46 JST Frances Larina

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     • Ian Hecht
     • Dan Bowman

     @danielbowmaniel @ianhecht @StillIRise1963

     If I may add?

     Journalism as a field has always striven toward some sort of integrity and purity.

     As businesses however, news outlets that hire them have likewise always striven to target an audience or a culture and shape their product to appeal to them. Or manipulate them, the line is often a blur. See: WWII, Cold War, pre-war capitalists vs socialists, North vs South states, and so on.

     Alden Global Capital alone has bought over 600 newspapers across the USA over the last 20 years. First thing they do is fire the newsrooms, sell the real estate (possibly to a sub company so they charge rent to themselves) leverage the paper with debt and just leave it on the life support of long time subscribers and advertisers. Oh, and they donate heavily to GOP causes and candidates.

     Journalism never did "fall apart", it was the owners of the news corporations intentionally tearing down the platforms.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Dan Bowman (danielbowmaniel@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:47 JST Dan Bowman

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     • Ian Hecht

     @ianhecht @StillIRise1963

     Well, I can't argue with that.

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     Ian Hecht (ianhecht@saskodon.ca)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:48 JST Ian Hecht

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     • Dan Bowman

     @danielbowmaniel @StillIRise1963 I'm saying that once VCs bought all the journalism outlets, they're less interested in journalism as an end in and of itself, and more in how much money they can extract from the business before selling it on or declaring bankruptcy.

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     Dan Bowman (danielbowmaniel@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:49 JST Dan Bowman

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     • Ian Hecht

     @ianhecht @StillIRise1963

     Kind of confused. Are you saying that journalistic integrity has less value?

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     Ian Hecht (ianhecht@saskodon.ca)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 09:45:51 JST Ian Hecht

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     @StillIRise1963 They're returning value to shareholders. Everything they do has to be understood in that context.