BabyBoomer50s
Capitalist
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- Nov 27, 2018
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When Boomers like most of us here on the PB were growing up, ABC, CBS, NBC, and a few major newspapers, most notably the New York Times and Washington Post, held incredible sway over public opinion. Liberal bias was a fact of life.
Times have changed. We’re no longer dependent on the Six O’clock News and the morning paper for news and information. Along came cable news (Ted Turner), and then the web. Influence now is consumed and nurtured digitally via streaming platforms, podcasts, independent news outlets, and of course social media.
Some of the most powerful people in charge of major influence platforms are wildly successful capitalists:
Larry Ellison and his son David who control Paramount Global (which owns CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and Showtime). Soon they will control Warner Brothers/Discovery (which owns which owns CNN and HBO) Oracle is also about to get a stake in TikTok and have oversight of the data.
The Murdoch family which controls Fox News and the Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk who owns and runs Twitter/X
Jeff Bezos who owns the Washington Post.
Times have changed. We’re no longer dependent on the Six O’clock News and the morning paper for news and information. Along came cable news (Ted Turner), and then the web. Influence now is consumed and nurtured digitally via streaming platforms, podcasts, independent news outlets, and of course social media.
Some of the most powerful people in charge of major influence platforms are wildly successful capitalists:
Larry Ellison and his son David who control Paramount Global (which owns CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and Showtime). Soon they will control Warner Brothers/Discovery (which owns which owns CNN and HBO) Oracle is also about to get a stake in TikTok and have oversight of the data.
The Murdoch family which controls Fox News and the Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk who owns and runs Twitter/X
Jeff Bezos who owns the Washington Post.