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I'd vote for a candidate who campaigned to repeal the Second Amendment.

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[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (13 children)

I have always felt that freedom of press was one of the most fundamental aspects of a working democracy. Without a free press, you cannot have proper checks and balances. Unfortunately, while press is still ‘free’, actual unbiased news gets only a small fraction of the viewership. Mainstream ‘news’ is nearly completely opinion driven, and profit is the incentive rather than the dissemination of information. The free press no longer serves its necessary function, there is no accountability, and democracy is at risk.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (8 children)

We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:

European version:

Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.

[–] schlump@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Looking at the European version, I don't see any of the big serious journalistic outlets. Most of what's in there are just tabloids or lifestyle magazines. And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn't mean that they are not free

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here's one for France:

It shows national and big local newspapers.

[–] schlump@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Idk if it's my lemmy client, but I can't read most of the text in the image, because it's too low res

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free

Sure it does. If the CEO of a news organization doesn't want something published, it doesn't get published. That's why you never see articles on the Washington post that are critical of Bezos/Amazon/etc. And so when you get huge swaths of the media controlled by just a few people, it is no longer free.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I note a lack of NPR in the us version.... also seems like conspiracy bullshit.

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