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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"There will come a time when the rich will own all the media..
And it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.
Albert Einstein 1949
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"There will come a time when the rich will own all the media.. (Original Post)
Deuxcents
Sep 2025
OP
Bill Clinton 1996 to encourage competition and accessibility among other things
Deuxcents
Sep 2025
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a kennedy
(35,346 posts)1. Ah, so sorry, THEY OWN IT ALREADY!!!!!!
ultralite001
(2,365 posts)2. A J Liebling... The New Yorker: Wayward Press...
""Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
Methinks this applies to other forms of media as well...

gab13by13
(31,273 posts)3. A Magat billionaire friend of Musk
may soon own CNN.
Who was it who signed the Telecommunications Act?
Deuxcents
(25,555 posts)6. Bill Clinton 1996 to encourage competition and accessibility among other things
womanofthehills
(10,719 posts)4. That's why people listen to podcasts
Most good ones are sponsored by listeners.
GenThePerservering
(3,146 posts)5. Not exactly