Thread by @dog_shill

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@CGasparino SORRY TO LEAVE YOU WAITING. I’M SURE YOU’RE JUST DYING TO BE THE NEXT “VICTIM” OF “CEO ENCOURAGED TROLLING”, SO BRACE YOURSELF, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CROCODILE TEARS ON MONDAY - THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN...

FOR ME

TIME FOR A THREAD:

MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE HAD IT SO EASY THE LAST DECADE AFTER DECIDING TO COMPLETELY DO AWAY WITH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM & INSTEAD SHIFTED COMPLETELY TO A FOR-PROFIT SYSTEM OF ONLY REPORTING NEWS THAT HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY CORPORATIONS.

IT MAKES YOU LAZY AND LET SLIP GEMS LIKE WHAT WE’VE SEEN WITH GAMESTOP AND AMC. ARTICLES WITH TIME STAMPS SHOWING THEM BEING PUBLISHED BEFORE ACTUAL MARKET MOVEMENT. IT’S OBVIOUS & READILY APPARENT COLLUSION BETWEEN CORPORATE ELITES & MSM AND IT’S TIME I GET ALL THE FACTS OUT.

REMINDS ME OF A WONDERFUL SCENE FROM ‘2012’ WHEN JACKSON CURTIS’ FAMILY IS WATCHING THE NEWS, THE POLITICIAN SPEAKING IS TELLING THE CITIZENS NOT TO PANIC & CURTIS SAYS: "WHEN THEY TELL YOU NOT TO PANIC... THAT'S WHEN YOU RUN."

SO, LET’S PANIC.

~15 BILLIONAIRES & 6 CORPORATIONS OWN PRETTY MUCH ALL MEDIA OUTLETS. THE BIGGEST CONGLOMERATES BEING AT&T, COMCAST, WALT DISNEY, & NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS. AS OF 2020, THE LARGEST MEDIA CONGLOMERATES IN TERMS OF REVENUE ARE COMCAST, WALT DISNEY, AT&T, & VIACOMCBS, PER FORBES.

@ATT HOLDINGS INCLUDE: WARNERMEDIA (CNN), THE CW (A JOINT VENTURE WITH CBS), HBO, CINEMAX, CARTOON NETWORK, ADULT SWIM, TOONAMI, BOOMERANG, POGO (INDIAN), TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, FANDANGO MEDIA (30%, ASSETS INCLUDE ROTTEN TOMATOES, VUDU ETC.), HLN, NBA TV, TBS, TNT, TRUTV,

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, AT&T SPORTSNET, ALLOY ENTERTAINMENT, TELEPICTURES (ASSETS INCLUDE TMZ, A VERY GOOD PRODUCTION ETC., AUDIENCE, OTTER MEDIA, WARNER BROS. PICTURES, WARNER BROS. GLOBAL BRANDS AND EXPERIENCES (THEME PARKS, CONSUMER PRODUCTS ETC.), WATERTOWER MUSIC,

WARNER ANIMATION GROUP, FLAGSHIP ENTERTAINMENT (49% STAKE), SPYGLASS MEDIA GROUP (MINORITY STAKE), CASTLE ROCK, DC COMICS, WARNER BROS. PICTURES, WARNER BROS. TELEVISION STUDIOS, NEW LINE CINEMA, OTTER MEDIA (ASSETS INCLUDE CRUNCHYROLL, ROOSTER TEETH, VRV, HELLO SUNSHINE,

FULLSCREEN, INC. ETC.), XANDR AND APPNEXUS, HBO MAX), DIRECTV, U-VERSE, OTHER CHANNELS, AT&T MOBILITY AND CRICKET WIRELESS.

@comcast HOLDINGS INCLUDE: NBCUNIVERSAL, NBC AND TELEMUNDO, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT, FOCUS FEATURES, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION,

26 TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE US AND CABLE NETWORKS USA NETWORK, BRAVO, CNBC, MSNBC, SYFY, NBCSN, GOLF CHANNEL, E!, AND NBC SPORTS REGIONAL NETWORKS. COMCAST ALSO OWNS THE @phil_flyers THROUGH A SEPARATE SUBSIDIARY.

@WaltDisneyCo HOLDINGS INCLUDE: ABC TELEVISION NETWORK,

CABLE NETWORKS ESPN, THE DISNEY CHANNEL, DISNEY XD, FREEFORM, FX, FXX, FX MOVIE CHANNEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, NAT GEO WILD, HISTORY, A&E AND LIFETIME, APPROXIMATELY 30 RADIO STATIONS, MUSIC, VIDEO GAME, AND BOOK PUBLISHING COMPANIES, PRODUCTION COMPANIES BLUE SKY STUDIOS,

20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES, TOUCHSTONE, MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LUCASFILM, WALT DISNEY PICTURES, PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, DISNEY TELEVISION STUDIOS, MOBILE APP DEVELOPER DISNEY MOBILE, DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA

@ViacomCBS HOLDINGS INCLUDE: CBS TELEVISION NETWORK AND THE CW (A JOINT VENTURE WITH WARNERMEDIA VIA AT&T), PARAMOUNT PICTURES, PARAMOUNT HOME MEDIA DISTRIBUTION, CABLE NETWORKS BET, CBS SPORTS NETWORK, SHOWTIME, CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, LOGO TV, MTV, NICKELODEON/NICK AT NITE,

PARAMOUNT NETWORK, POP, TV LAND, VH1; 30 TELEVISION STATIONS; CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS; BOOK PUBLISHER SIMON & SCHUSTER.

#FOX HOLDINGS INCLUDE: FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, FOX NEWS GROUP (FOX NEWS CHANNEL, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, FOX NEWS RADIO, FOX NEWS TALK, FOX NATION),

FOX SPORTS (FS1, FS2, FOX DEPORTES, BIG TEN NETWORK (51%), FOX SPORTS RADIO)

STILL WITH ME? GOOD, MEAT & POTATOES TIME

NEWS MEDIA BEING CORPORATE-OWNED COMES AS NO SURPRISE; IT’S AN OPEN SECRET THAT CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN DEVOURING NEWSPAPERS & TV STATIONS FOR YEARS. WHAT’S SURPRISING IS HOW HIGHLY-CONCENTRATED CORPORATE OWNERSHIP HAS BECOME. WHAT’S TRULY DISTURBING IS THAT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT

THIS HAS TO STOP.

IN A COUNTRY THAT GROSSLY FAVORS THOSE AT THE TOP & IS INCREASINGLY HOSTILE TO THOSE AT THE BOTTOM, WHY ARE WE RELYING ON MEDIA — OWNED BY THE MOST FINANCIALLY POWERFUL PEOPLE — TO TELL US WHAT’S HAPPENING & WHAT TO BELIEVE?

*COUGH* *COUGH* STOCKS, ANYONE?

IN 1983, 50 COMPANIES DOMINATED U.S. MEDIA. BY THE 1990s, THAT NUMBER HAD SHRUNK TO 9. IN 2012, IT WAS WHITTLED DOWN TO 6.

THEN THERE ARE THE ELITES WHO OWN MEDIA:

BILLIONAIRE @JeffBezos OWNS THE WASHINGTON POST

BILLIONAIRE #MortimerZuckerman OWNS US NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

BILLIONAIRE #PatrickSoonShiong OWNS THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

BILLIONAIRE @John_W_Henry IS THE PRINCIPAL OWNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

BILLIONAIRE #WarrenBuffett HAS A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, WHICH OWNS 70 DAILY NEWSPAPERS IN THE U.S.

BILLIONAIRE @rupertmurdoch HAS A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN NEWS CORP, WHICH OWNS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & THE NEW YORK POST

BILLIONAIRES DON’T FACE THE SAME CHALLENGES WE DO. THEY DON’T EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME WORLD
YET WE’RE RELYING ON THE COMPANIES THEY OWN & CONTROL TO GIVE US UNFILTERED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND US

TO TELL US WHICH POLICIES & LAWS WE SHOULD SUPPORT, WHICH POLITICIANS & EXPERTS WE SHOULD TRUST, & WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN’T BELIEVE. @CGasparino SAID IT HIMSELF - “PAY ME & I’LL REPORT IT.” GG DIPSHIT, YOU DON’T EVEN CARE TO HIDE IT ANYMORE

MOREOVER, THESE COMPANIES ARE INCESTUOUS. ACCORDING TO A 2003 STUDY IN THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW: NEWS CORPORATION, DISNEY, VIACOM, & TIME WARNER SHARED 45 OF THE SAME MEMBERS ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BIG 5 “CARTEL” EVEN SHARE 141 JOINT VENTURES,

EFFECTIVELY MAKING THEM BUSINESS PARTNERS WITH EACH OTHER. EXAMPLE: DISNEY & COMCAST JOINTLY OWN THE HULU STREAMING PLATFORM

THIS MEANS THESE COMPANIES CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FURTHER THEIR COLLECTIVE INTERESTS.

IN THE NEW MEDIA MONOPOLY, IT MAKES THE CASE THAT THEIR ENORMOUS INFLUENCE HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BECOME THE PREDOMINATING, MAJOR PLAYERS IN ALTERING THE POLITICS OF THE COUNTRY

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