We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:
European version:
Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.
Looking at the European version, I don’t see any of the big serious journalistic outlets. Most of what’s in there are just tabloids or lifestyle magazines.
And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free
And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free
Sure it does. If the CEO of a news organization doesn’t want something published, it doesn’t get published. That’s why you never see articles on the Washington post that are critical of Bezos/Amazon/etc. And so when you get huge swaths of the media controlled by just a few people, it is no longer free.
We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:
European version:
Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.
Looking at the European version, I don’t see any of the big serious journalistic outlets. Most of what’s in there are just tabloids or lifestyle magazines. And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free
Sure it does. If the CEO of a news organization doesn’t want something published, it doesn’t get published. That’s why you never see articles on the Washington post that are critical of Bezos/Amazon/etc. And so when you get huge swaths of the media controlled by just a few people, it is no longer free.
I note a lack of NPR in the us version… also seems like conspiracy bullshit.
At the very least, every product should be explicitly labeled as produced by the top parent company, right next to the actual name of the product.
Disney ate 21st Century Fox, so it’s even worse now.