The takeover of media by right wing oligarchs

Yeah, everything is exactly the same as it was in 1922 so shutup everybody.

When did Roku become a major source of news?

It's not, but major sources of news are consumed through Roku devices.

And, then?

And then here we are today. The right has controlled the media landscape ever since then.

Do you think it is getting worse?

Yes and no. It used to that people mainly got their news through 3 networks. People have a lot more options now they just have to seek them out. Before the Internet though options were a lot more limited.

The right controlling the media is relatively new. For decades it was the other way around. Maybe someday we can just have actual news besides the Economist.

What is an example of the left controlling some major media outlet?

Tim Allens's Last Man Standing got the boot in 2016 for making fun of Hillary in his show. Don't recall the network.

FOX soon thereafter picked up the show.

Hillary Clinton is not on the left.

On the European political spectrum, you are correct. On the American spectrum she was certainly at least left-of-center.

She is an agent of the oligarchy.

We have two party establishments. Economically one is far right and the other is farther right.

Yes ... it is technically true that far right is left of farther right. But let's stop the nonsense about claims of anything resembling an authentic left.

huge if true. I wonder what could have possibly motivated all the rich right wingers to buy all the cringy dying left wing media. Probably because they ruined star wars!

And Star Trek and Indiana Jones!

Can you provide a single example of left wing media that was acquired ?

no? don't really care cnn? If were talking news media I don't pay attention. im sure the right is buying things up like twitter. but that's because they had no voice in main stream media. and well rich people are more likely to be right wing.... outside of ownership its all left wing still id imagine. Hollywood and entertainment very left! I think its just a problem with all rich people being center or center right. wcyd? The creatives who run the show are on your side. I feel like its always been like this. Theres not too many billionaire left wingers.

Ultimately everyone just echo chambers what they want now so it doesn't really matter who owns more media

While this influence is certainly part of the issue, it is not the sole issue.

Reactionary modern "conservatism" is selling well and polling well across the globe, aided in no small part in how good a fit it is for social media algorithms. A fractured opposition is convinced the main problem is their shitty politicians, while ignoring that this phenomenon is giving birth to some of the shittiest and most incompetent politicians to hold public office we have seen for almost a century.

So yes, these people are buying a lot of crap that they weaponize, but what they make with it sells well.

I think this modern reactionary movement is good at exploiting a perceived lack of civic unity, stability and patriotism, and then repackaging it into soundbites that fit the era of TikTok very well. The bad part (in my view) is the party-first message they sell with it, which does nothing to fix the problems they exploit, but divides us even harder instead.

The reality is that we never been as unified as the postcard-version of our countries would make it out to be, and nor is this the gigantic problem it is often made out to be. Standing miles apart is fine, hating each-other is not.

Whether it’s right wing oligarchs or left wing ideologues, it’s going to be half-truths and emotional manipulation either way.