Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease Trump.

They might be obeying, but you don’t need to.

Americans: Vote & volunteer

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    CNN, WaPo, LA Times, NY Times are all aligning themselves to be the next Nazi Propaganda Machine.

    Do not let them forget after this election. Free press my ass

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      I understand the gripes about NYT wrt trans rights and Palestine and general “both sides” bs, but within this context about endorsements it’s worth noting that they are publishing a big series of pro-Harris editorials in the last couple weeks of the election.

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      Meanwhile, am I on acid or something, or is Rolling Stone suddenly one of the more credible American news media? How the fuck did that happen?

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    we need 70’s style regulation. no more than one media outlet ownership for each area. heck I don’t even think we should allow a company to own both a paper and a tv station in the same area anymore.

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        Thing is if we taxed corporate income the same as personal and had a tiered system that would go up all the way to the maximum any entity makes it would do that naturally. Basically it would be a shocking system where the better you make money the harder it is to make more of it. Kinda like how major league baseball plays a harder game than t-ball.

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            I mean we could but what im saying is companies could only grow so big because it would just be to hard to make money at some point that we would want to titrate to make sure no company becomes a monopoly. Honestly I think we should outlaw holding companies and such. Only allow stock to be owned individually by individuals.

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              because it would just be to hard to make money at some point that we would want to titrate to make sure no company becomes a monopoly.

              Sure, however having multiple avenues of preventing megacorps from forming is better. It’s easy for a powerful corp to undo one or two regulations, but not so much if it is a cohesive system of regulations.

              Honestly I think we should outlaw holding companies and such.

              Absolutely agreed.

              Only allow stock to be owned individually by individuals.

              I’d say we should go a step further and kill the stock market in it’s entirety through a moratorium on IPOs.

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                  I prefer companies owned by many people over one person or family owning the company.

                  Agreed, which is why the stock market needs to go. The only way for labor to truly own their workplace is if they’re the only ones who can control it (within reason). A stock market allows for the rich to single-handedly buy up a majority of the shares and control a company.

                  Instead, every company should eventually be turned into co-op nonprofits.

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      Hello from Canada.

      Rogers owns half the news, the entertainment, the telecommunications, the internet, and the cable.

      Bell owns the other half.

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          OK. CBC has. An hour of local news. With some entertainment. And one news channel. They don’t control the wires. Or the phones. Or the networks. Or banks, or sports teams.

          But, you know.samesees

          Here’s what CBC controls:

          CBC

          Here’s what ROGERS controls

          Rogers Cable Division

          Rogers Cable — both a cable television and internet service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick (except in Sackville), and Newfoundland and Labrador.
              Rogers TV — English-language network of community-oriented channels.
              TV Rogers — French-language network of community-oriented channels.
          Source Cable — cable service in Hamilton, Ontario
          Sportsnet PPV — Pay-per-view service
          CPAC (66.75%) — specialty channel
          

          Rogers Internet Division

          Rogers Hi-Speed Internet
          Rogers Telecom
              Rogers Home Phone Service
          

          Rogers Wireless Division

          Rogers Wireless
              Rogers Hotspots — WiFi hotspot service installed in venues across Canada
          Fido Solutions
          Chatr
          

          Conventional television

          Citytv
              CITY - Toronto, Ontario (First aired 1972)
              CKVU - Vancouver, British Columbia (owned & operated since 2002)
              CKAL - Calgary, Alberta (O&O since 2005)
              CKEM - Edmonton, Alberta (O&O since 2005)
              CHMI - Winnipeg, Manitoba (O&O since 2005)
              Citytv Saskatchewan - Regina & Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (O&O since 2012)
              CJNT - Montreal, Quebec (O&O since 2012)
          OMNI Television
              CFMT - Toronto, Ontario (First aired 1979)
              CJMT - Toronto, Ontario (O&O since 2002)
              CHNM - Vancouver, British Columbia (O&O since 2008)
              CJCO - Calgary, Alberta (O&O since 2008)
              CJEO - Edmonton, Alberta (O&O since 2008)
          Hockey Night in Canada – Rogers-produced part-time television network airing on CBC Television stations
          

          Specialty and Pay TV

          Bravo
          Discovery Channel (starting January 1, 2025)
          Food Network (starting January 1, 2025)
          FX Canada (66.64%)
          FXX Canada (66.64%)
          HGTV (starting January 1, 2025)
          Investigation Discovery (starting January 1, 2025)
          Magnolia Network (starting January 1, 2025)
          Sportsnet
              Sportsnet 360
              Sportsnet One
              Sportsnet World
          TSC
          WWE Network (Distribution only)
          

          Television production

          Dome Productions (50%)
          

          Groupe TVA

          Rogers Communications owns 0.03% stake of Groupe TVA

          TVA
              CFTM-DT - Montreal
              CFCM-DT - Quebec City
              CFER-DT - Rimouski
              CHLT-DT - Sherbrooke
              CHEM-DT - Trois-Rivières
              CJPM-DT - Saguenay
          addikTV — film and television series
          Évasion — travel and adventure
          Canal Indigo — PPV movie service
          Le Canal Nouvelles — 24 hour news
          CASA — lifestyle and real estate
          Moi et Ce — lifestyle and entertainment
          Prise 2 — retro film and television series
          TVA Sports — sports
          Zeste — food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming
          

          Radio

          Main article: Rogers Radio City Call Sign Frequency Branding/Format Abbotsford CKQC-FM FM 107.1 107.1 Country Banff/Canmore CHMN-FM FM 106.5 106.5 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Calgary CFAC AM 960 Sportsnet 960 The Fan CFFR AM 660 660 NewsRadio Calgary CHFM-FM FM 95.9 Star 95.9 (adult contemporary) CFLT-FM FM 96.9 Jack 96.9 (adult hits) Chilliwack CKKS-FM FM 107.5 Sonic Radio (alternative) CKSR-FM FM 98.3 Star 98.3 (adult contemporary) Dartmouth CFDR-FM FM 92.9 Jack 92.9 (adult hits) Edmonton CHBN-FM FM 91.7 Kiss 91.7 (contemporary hits) CHDI-FM FM 102.9 Sonic 102.9 (alternative) CKER-FM FM 101.7 101.7 World FM (multilingual) Fort McMurray CKYX-FM FM 97.9 97.9 Rock CJOK-FM FM 93.3 93.3 Country Grande Prairie CFGP-FM FM 97.7 97.7 Rock Halifax CJNI-FM FM 95.7 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax Kingston CIKR-FM FM 105.7 K Rock 105.7 CKXC-FM FM 93.5 93.5 Country Kitchener CHYM-FM FM 96.7 CHYM 96.7 (adult contemporary) CIKZ-FM FM 106.7 106.7 Country CKGL AM 570 570 NewsRadio Kitchener Lethbridge CFRV-FM FM 107.7 Kiss 107.7 (contemporary hits) CJRX-FM FM 106.7 106.7 Rock London CHST-FM FM 102.3 Jack 102.3 (adult hits) Medicine Hat CKMH-FM FM 105.3 105.3 Rock CJCY-FM FM 102.1 Jack 102.1 (adult hits) North Bay CHUR-FM FM 100.5 Kiss 100.5 (contemporary hits) CKAT AM 600 600 Country CKFX-FM FM 101.9 101.9 The Fox (rock) Ottawa CHEZ-FM FM 106 CHEZ 106 (rock) CISS-FM FM 105.3 Kiss 105.3 (contemporary hits) Sault Ste. Marie CHAS-FM FM 100.5 Kiss 100.5 CJQM-FM FM 104.3 104.3 Country Smiths Falls CJET-FM FM 92.3 Jack 92.3 (adult hits) CKBY-FM FM 101.1 101.1 Country Squamish CISQ-FM FM 107.1 107.1 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Sudbury CJRQ-FM FM 92.7 Q92 (rock) CJMX-FM FM 105.3 Kiss 105.3 Tillsonburg CJDL-FM FM 107.3 107.3 Country CKOT-FM FM 101.3 Easy 101.3 (adult contemporary) Timmins CJQQ-FM FM 92.1 Q92 (rock) CKGB-FM FM 99.3 Kiss 99.3 (contemporary hits) Toronto CFTR AM 680 680 NewsRadio Toronto CHFI-FM FM 98.1 98.1 CHFI (adult contemporary) CKIS-FM FM 92.5 Kiss 92.5 (contemporary hits) CJCL AM 590 Sportsnet 590 The Fan Vancouver CISL AM 650 Sportsnet 650 Vancouver CJAX-FM FM 96.9 Jack 96.9 (adult hits) CKWX AM 1130 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver Victoria CHTT-FM FM 103.1 Jack 103.1 (adult hits) CIOC-FM FM 98.5 Ocean 98.5 (adult contemporary) Whistler CISW-FM FM 102.1 102.1 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Winnipeg CITI-FM FM 92.1 92.1 CITI (rock) CKY-FM FM 102.3 Kiss 102.3

          Rogers Bank
          Rogers Smart Home Monitoring
          

          Sports Teams

          Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (37.5%)[2]
              Toronto Maple Leafs
              Toronto Raptors
              Toronto FC
              Toronto Argonauts
              Toronto Marlies
              Raptors 905
              Toronto FC II
              TFC Academy
          Toronto Blue Jays[2]
          

          Stadiums

          Rogers Centre[2]
          Rogers Arena (naming rights only; the building itself is owned by Canucks Sports & Entertainment)
          Rogers Place (naming rights only; the building itself is owned by City of Edmonton and operated by Oilers Entertainment Group)
          
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    I think it’s less out of fear and more about billionaire wannabe oligarchs tacitly supporting the candidate best aligned with their own interests.

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    They aren’t sucking up to Trump they are bowing to their god-money, from all the cash they’ll get while the US burn.

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    Trump already hates Bezos for WaPo’s reporting, he has nothing to gain by prohibiting the Harris endorsement. Edit: another poster said that Trump aligns more closely with his interests and that’s probably it.