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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat good is a Media Monopoly if everyone uses the Internet for news?
I mean, you can't commit wars crimes anymore without some fringe website revealing the details.
You know how much MONEY goes into over-producing the news, buying up newspapers and radio stations?
This Citizen Journalism thing Has to be Stopped!
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What good is a Media Monopoly if everyone uses the Internet for news? (Original Post)
Junkdrawer
Sep 2013
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. Poppy hates most of all.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)2. That's why they keep sneaking through internet regulation bills for votes
SOPA, CISPA, CSA, SECURE-IT...mass media moguls keep on lobbying to get their filthy mitts on the control knobs of all the major ISP's.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)3. DiFi's latest Trojan Horse....
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)4. Yup, and the TPP will assault internet freedom, too. nt