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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·6 months agoAlmost exclusively billionaires, hectomillionaires, and their corporations. I know you were being rhetorical, but just in case anyone wasn’t aware 😉
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 months agoThat, and I was specifically thinking about Big Oil’s investment in the media, between holding shares and spending billions on advertising. Even if they don’t literally own the media, they own the media.
Who owns cable news?
Almost exclusively billionaires, hectomillionaires, and their corporations.
I know you were being rhetorical, but just in case anyone wasn’t aware 😉
That, and I was specifically thinking about Big Oil’s investment in the media, between holding shares and spending billions on advertising.
Even if they don’t literally own the media, they own the media.
Sheldon adelson.