In communist countries the party controls the media. In dictatorships the secret police control the media. In liberal democracies the rich control the media.
Six corporations control 90% of America media
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Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#22where's google and facebook and twitter? are they not media companies?
Companies with shitty media algorithms designed to maximize ad revenues while keeping consumer hooked on their platform through content curated to exploit their tendencies and vulnerabilities.
Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#23Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Agreed. CBS is on their list. I can't even name anything on CBS.
You must be kidding. Viacom is one of the world's largest entertainment companies.
Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#24Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Yea given Netflix accounts for a double digit percentage of internet traffic the 90% figure is dubious.
Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#25where's google and facebook and twitter? are they not media companies?
They mean the media companies who actually product content. The users (and the media companies the OP refers to) are the ones who do that on the platforms that you mentioned.
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#26I suppose that's better than 2 political parties controlling 99% of Congress.
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#27Should we be concerned about them using their media properties to push narratives designed to consolidate their influence, or ask whether some of the things we believe might be artifacts of that influence, or maybe what the sources and motives of those narratives might be?
Kidding. This isn't the 90's. The only people who worry about an axis of collaboration between corporations and government to create a surveillance distopia are conspiracy theorists pushing misinformation now. Plus, big tech is finally being responsible and working on the right side of history, so we can all get aligned on fighting climate change, and finally force the assholes to pay everyone back for their empty status symbols like all the air they polluted with their SUVs, unpaid emotional labor, meat, and tax breaks they took from us, and finally give it to people who deserve it. We can even replace small thinking regional governments with better international collaboration and cooperation so that everyone will be equal no matter where they live, and we can end the privileged western lifestyle once and for all.
Kidding, not kidding. We should really look at what these companies are pushing.
Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#28In communist countries the party controls the media. In dictatorships the secret police control the media. In liberal democracies the rich control the media.
Since in "communist" countries, the party heads are rich and likewise in other dictatorships, I think we can just settle on the rich always control the media.
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#29But does your average person use more than six sources for news? You'll hear people talk about CNN, MSNBC, nyt, wsj, maybe la times. Most people also have three or four local news and maybe a paper. If you stick with main stream media, I don't think most people look to more than a handful of places.
WSJ is fox.
Edit: As in owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox. "is" for the purposes of number of corps who control media. Murdoch is the poster child for influencing media he owns to get deals out of politicians generating outsized returns. For masthead newspapers they don't even need to make a profit. I believe the Australian newspaper never has in decades of history while Murdoch made a ton of money in Australia. It seems Bezos watched, learned and bought the wapo.
Re: Six corporations control 90% of America media
#30Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Agreed. CBS is on their list. I can't even name anything on CBS.