twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w&cid=bafkreihuidrm32va5ruoqlzgsusyflj7x4rr3retgoitopc2hgrfnpeqfq
The U.S. press isn't capable of admitting this clearly, but Bari Weiss was hired to turn CBS into a right wing propaganda machine and troll operation [Paramount Formally Hires Bari ...](
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Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm
It’s super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their “Conservative viewpoints silenced” now own or c...
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bluesky desperately needs a competent comms team having random devs fling off the cuff retorts at pissed off trans folk ain't it
start telling your friends and family now that CBS is no longer reliable, because I'm still explaining how Newsweek was hollowed out by Republican ghouls and that deal was like a decade ago
ABC's doomed capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel was because they want the Trump administration to destroy this country's last remaining restrictions on harmful media consolidation: [ABC/Disney Gets Rewarded For K...](
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ABC/Disney Gets Rewarded For Kissing Trump’s Ass: FCC Moves To Eliminate Any Remaining Media Consolidation Limits
ABC and Disney’s attempt to please our dim idiot king by banning a critical comedian didn’t go all that well. The company managed to lo...
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Superior, Wisconsin is the latest city to build its own affordable open access fiber broadband network, thanks heavily to broadband grants included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) [City of Superior brings a broa...](https://www.wpr.org/news/superior-broadband-success-connectsuperior-northern-wisconsin )
Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology." [FCC moves to end discounts for...](
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FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism fr...
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They're not even going to pretend to be subtle about turning TikTok into a 24/7 MAGA propaganda machine [Trump says TikTok should be tw...](
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Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become β€œ100% MAGA”
Uncertainty reigns as Trump claims China approved TikTok deal.
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The New York Times does a 24 paragraph story on Larry Ellison buying up new and old media properties and doesn't so much as HINT, anywhere, at the obvious goal of leveraging this properties to conduct right wing information warfare, or that this kind of consolidation is bad for the public [Larry Ellison, a Media Mogul L...](
Larry Ellison, a Media Mogul Like No Other
The database billionaire and his son, David, are Trump favorites. The family could soon control an empire that includes CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN...
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While people are suddenly and uncharacteristically paying attention to media regulation, please take a moment to notice all the massive harm Brendan Carr has done to consumer protection and public safety as well me, back in April: [Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-...](
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Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
The White House’s personal censor.
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