1983: 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the US.
1987: 29 companies.
2012: 6 companies.
2016: Those six companies are filtered out through one company, Facebook.
There is so much concentration of power, I don’t even know what to say. We just stare at it. It’s virtually impossible to have an influential, independent voice today unless you have a Patreon and someone is bankrolling you. And even then, a powerful person can destroy your independence real quick it’s a thing now and worse, a lot of people think it’s fine.
News are terrible. They are tailored and shaped to attract you because they rely on ads. They all use gross marketing techniques to make you click, even the most prestigious “news brands” do that. We see it all the time. How come the NYT says that! I’m going to share it and get mad! I’m not playing that game anymore, I’m avoiding news especially on my phone when it’s downtime I don’t want to inject my eyes with awful, dreadful news.
Puppy cams are the shit.