That's a nice idea. Who are these "robust, independent public networks", and where can I find them?Alias wrote: ↑March 30th, 2021, 1:12 pmI know about the special-interest publishing and broadcast network, but it's hardly fair to lump all television and magazines and newspapers in with the gutter press. In any case, these billionnaires (who probably don't care which prejudices they promote, as long as it empowers the stupidest voters to elect their political tools and thwart social reform) need to be off-set by the robust, independent public networks I mentioned earlier.Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑March 30th, 2021, 12:36 pm It's a large number of samples, selected to illustrate the point. It's definitely not an "accurate cross-section", but it does clearly show us the extent to which these billionaire media-bigots (and their lackeys) will go to promote their hateful views.
Oh, and billionaires do "care which prejudices they promote". They promote those that empower "the stupidest voters to elect their political tools and thwart social reform", as you say. And they care a lot about anything that constrains them and their profit-at-all-costs actions. They have multiple ocean-going yachts to maintain, after all....