There was an episode of West Wing where CJ was really worried about (it was obviously Sinclair media) the consolidation of news media especially. I think that episode was in 2003 or 2004. It’s not a huge problem until it is. But, I contend it has been a right wing plan. Yes, the oligarchs have been the ones doing the buying but the plan to consolidate all media has been a major plan by the Christian right since at least the 80’s. They’ve been the ones pushing hard for it. And while it can benefit the oligarchs it primarily benefits fascism and the right.
If you think it only started with right wing christians in the 80s and hadn’t been going on since the end of the seccond world war, the invention of the intelligence agencies and the sudden realisation that governments can move exorbitant quantities of money into companies that dont exist, to pay for experiments on the population in secret, you’ve missed a beat
'Because all those post-nazism scientists have a lot of ideas on how to get those damn commies to spill the beans and we can’t have them go work for someone else, how else are we going to make the drug that makes you trip so much balls your arms and legs fall off? (yes. that’s a real thing. Bromo-DragonFLY)
There was an episode of West Wing where CJ was really worried about (it was obviously Sinclair media) the consolidation of news media especially. I think that episode was in 2003 or 2004. It’s not a huge problem until it is. But, I contend it has been a right wing plan. Yes, the oligarchs have been the ones doing the buying but the plan to consolidate all media has been a major plan by the Christian right since at least the 80’s. They’ve been the ones pushing hard for it. And while it can benefit the oligarchs it primarily benefits fascism and the right.
If you think it only started with right wing christians in the 80s and hadn’t been going on since the end of the seccond world war, the invention of the intelligence agencies and the sudden realisation that governments can move exorbitant quantities of money into companies that dont exist, to pay for experiments on the population in secret, you’ve missed a beat
'Because all those post-nazism scientists have a lot of ideas on how to get those damn commies to spill the beans and we can’t have them go work for someone else, how else are we going to make the drug that makes you trip so much balls your arms and legs fall off? (yes. that’s a real thing. Bromo-DragonFLY)