[HN Gopher] Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, a... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (rebeccastrong.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (rebeccastrong.substack.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-18 23:00 UTC)