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manor321

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1. Media will not change. It hasn't changed for 30+ years

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 05:46 PM

Feb 2019

The media only exists to sell advertisements. Their current behavior is what they WANT to do because it brings in an audience.

The one and only thing we can do to influence them is boycotts. Nothing else will work.

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