[HN Gopher] Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, a...
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       Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear
        
       Author : tomohawk
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-04-18 22:35 UTC (24 minutes ago)
        
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       | paulpauper wrote:
       | _Today, Comcast, Disney, AT &T, Sony, Fox, and Paramount Global
       | control 90% of what you watch, read, or listen to. These
       | companies spend millions on lobbying each year to sway
       | legislation in their favor._
       | 
       | I was not aware Disney and Comcast made books. Was not aware that
       | no one uses Facebook. This article is just..wrong. Few people
       | rely on those sources for information. they are mostly for
       | entertainment. Even for the news, most people get their news
       | online like Twitter or Facebook.
        
         | amazd wrote:
         | what? where do you think those people on facebook and twitter
         | linked to for their news?
        
       | mgh2 wrote:
       | Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28021956
       | 
       | On "choice": https://trendguardian.medium.com/free-will-a-rich-
       | fairy-tale...
        
       | elzbardico wrote:
       | Wrong. Two entities run everything: Blackrock and Vanguard.
        
         | cpr wrote:
         | And they're totally interlocked.
        
         | kfrzcode wrote:
         | Wrong. One entity runs everything: Bilderberg.
        
       | mrintellectual wrote:
       | > Americans spend an average of 12 and a half hours per day
       | consuming news via the television, Internet, newspapers,
       | magazines, and radio.
       | 
       | This just doesn't make sense. The average American spends the
       | majority of waking hours consuming news?
        
       | sandworm101 wrote:
       | >> Today, just six conglomerates -- Comcast, Disney, AT&T, Sony,
       | Fox, and Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS) --
       | control 90% of what you watch, read, or listen to.
       | 
       | No google/youtube? No twitter? No facebook? Is this article from
       | the past? _Most_ people do not get their news from the
       | television.
        
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