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by rogerdickey 1958 days ago
Do we know how much control owners of media companies have over the media they produce, in practice?
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guerrilla 1958 days ago
They have complete control since they hire the people ... who hire the people who make those decisions. They won't hire people ... who hire people who don't do what they want. You can bake the bias right into the company without ever having to issue an editorial order.
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jimmytidey 1958 days ago
It's not that they march into the news room and tell everyone what to write.

That's not how power works. The point is that people will write in a particular way if they believe it 's what the owner wants.

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