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Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:41 AM Oct 26

I urge you all to watch this

I just did, and it changed what I knew -- or, thought I did -- about the demise of the American newspaper. It also made me despise the vulture capital industry even more.

https://www.pbs.org/show/stripped-for-parts-american-journalism-on-the-brink/]

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I urge you all to watch this (Original Post) Oeditpus Rex Oct 26 OP
The newspaper vulture has branched out Oeditpus Rex Oct 26 #1
I haven't done this since my AOL days, but... Oeditpus Rex Oct 26 #2
I support our local PBS station some_of_us_are_sane Oct 26 #3
Bookmarked MustLoveBeagles Oct 26 #4
Bookmarking yellow dahlia Oct 26 #5
I can't despise the vulture capitalist crowd any more than I already do. Iggo Oct 26 #6

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,687 posts)
3. I support our local PBS station
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 08:28 PM
Oct 26

i quickly marked this for watching. Thank you! (American is currently in its second "Golden Age" with robber barons and crooked politics running rampant.)

Iggo

(49,602 posts)
6. I can't despise the vulture capitalist crowd any more than I already do.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 10:08 PM
Oct 26

Once I really started paying attention to what those fucks actually do…back around Romney vs Obama…I realized they were the absolute worst version of American capitalism. Greed is not good.

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