• NutWrench@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    Sadly, News media has been consolidating for the last 50 years. In the 1980s, every tv/radio station was ultimately owned by one of about 40 companies. Today, they’re all owned by SIX.

    It is now owned by six billionaires and their families. And if those six people decide that something isn’t going to be talked about, then it won’t be talked about.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    We want news tailored to our political and social viewpoints though. That’s why commercial news is a success.