All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisie

General@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year ago

All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisie

EuthanatosMurderhobo@lemmygrad.ml · edit-2 1 year ago

I don’t hate to break it to you that

free market press

will never work with

free market economy

AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol · 1 year ago

uh, why? It seems like a free market economy is exactly where a free market press would work. Companies might buy news companies, but thanks to no government interaction, other news companies can pop up, make money because they deliver a service people want, and then grow.

cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml · edit-2 1 year ago

Nice fairy tale. Sadly not how reality works.