That’s exactly what happened in Hungary, Slovakia, Russia… terrestrial news stations and papers all have people at the helm that have ties to their government.
I don’t think it’s much different in the US either.
This is where capitalism needs to be leveraged - with a vengeance. Do not ignore that most of the media outlets are commercial in nature, and entirely dependent on advertisers.
That’s exactly what happened in Hungary, Slovakia, Russia… terrestrial news stations and papers all have people at the helm that have ties to their government.
I don’t think it’s much different in the US either.
Still currently in progress but most of the way complete. We’re gonna have a hard time un-fucking it at this stage.
This is where capitalism needs to be leveraged - with a vengeance. Do not ignore that most of the media outlets are commercial in nature, and entirely dependent on advertisers.