this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
866 points (92.9% liked)
Memes
45635 readers
1319 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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.
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
Here's one for France:
It shows national and big local newspapers.
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
Try https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cartes/PPA