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Uncle Joe

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3. I agree ShazamIam,
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 02:49 PM
Dec 2021

the corporate media simply have too many financial conflicts of interest to be honest brokers in regards to the public good.

When Ronald Reagan said "government was the problem" the corporate media and their commercial buying corporate clients loved that shit because it signaled a shift from the government actually promoting the general welfare to promoting private; aka corporate welfare.



I believe this near half century of dysfunctional, myopic greed is good national mindset promoted by the corporate media has led directly the rise of Trump and unless this dynamic is significantly altered, more and probably worse Trumps will rise to power.

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