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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao including the nonprofit CPB on a media conglomerate list alongside Comcast and Disney 🤡

[–] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The CPB doesn't even own those entities, it only distributes money to them, money that only makes up a portion of their revenue. And the CPB sure as hell doesn't own "local news" lol. Where's Sinclair Broadcasting on this chart? Where's SiriusXM? This clip-art is straight-up misinformation

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, get CPB outta here with all their astroturf for Big Classical Music and awful quiz shows

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised YouTube and Google News are listed as news outlets. They don't create news content, they aggregate it. Arguments can be made about biasing which content is shown first, but not about the content itself, which is owned by the other entities on the list

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except some content is produced independently (of those outlets) by "influencers", hence it makes sense to list them. Furthermore, I bet that for a huge proportion of the later generations these influencers are the main avenue to consuming News... specially if we added tiktoks, X, and all the crap.

[–] naonintendois@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I think it depends on the intent in the groupings. Is it money flow? Then it makes sense. Is it editorial influence? Then it seems to make less sense.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is very incomplete. National Amusements, News Corp., Disney, etc own a ton of other companies.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

News corp owns National Geographic iirc

[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Disney owns the majority, but the board of directors is evenly split between Disney and National Geographic Society.

[–] pianoplant@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Verizon no longer owns either company listed under it. Sold huffpo in 2020 and yahoo in 2021. Idk about the rest of the list but it's a little out of date.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Having had them as an ISP monopoly, Comcast shouldn’t be allowed to own Comcast until they show they can do that without fucking it up.

They actually made the monopoly part I experienced illegal. I was in a city with multiple providers but Comcast was the “exclusive” provider for my apartment building because they bribed our landlord so they could charge residents more for shittier service. Everyone involved in that deal should be in Gitmo getting kicked in the dick every time they ask for a lawyer.

[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Here’s a more comprehensive look. Still, it omits that Amazon owns The Washington Post. As an atheist, I actually look to the Christian Science Monitor for uncompromising reporting.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Less interesting, and more terrifying.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Also known as Disney's shopping list.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

The fact that there are 3 entities called Fox, and they're not all owned by the same company, is bizarre.