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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This. Media consolidation has been going on for the last 40 years, with the numbers of owners going from around 40 in the 1980s to only 5 today. And if those 5 billionaires get together and decide something isn't going to be talked about, then it's NOT getting talked about.

This is also why the so-called "mainstream news media" is all lies, sanewashing and WrestleMania rage bait. It's why the news loves to say, "things suck" but NONE of them want to talk about WHY things suck. This is by design. It's a distraction so the owners can keep the lower classes fighting with each other while they, the rich, run off with all the farking money.