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by ltbarcly3 189 days ago
The Soviet Union? China right now?

If you own the owners of media, you own all the journalists by virtue of the fact that to be a journalist requires someone to get a job as a journalist. In a place like the US you might have a handful of top people freelance and still be able to eat, but that is very rare.
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indoordin0saur 189 days ago
You don't even need to go overseas. Just look at the NY Times and why they got the Iraq war so wrong or for even more egregious examples go and look at our wars before that. The fact that many of the high level positions on the news desk at the Times are filled by former employees of the US State department or intelligence agencies might give you a hint.
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consumer451 189 days ago
But then should you be blaming the journalists?

Also, is it even journalism at that point?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism

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ltbarcly3 189 days ago
Oh I don't blame the journalists, I was just helping you think of examples.
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