mnesiptolema
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Of course I don’t think this scenario is at all comparable to straight-up Russian state media, but there’s a kind of interesting discussion about the extent to which private enterprise can function as a government mouthpiece. Trump and Fox News were very cosy and Steve Bannon was high-up in Breitbart, for instance.
On the other hand it’s hard for @JDB to argue that the NYT decides what is newsworthy for the whole country. Given how partisan most major American news outlets are, it seems more like the NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, & co. decide what is newsworthy for one half of the country, and Fox & co. decide what is newsworthy for the other half, and then both halves are directly opposed to each other.
On the other hand it’s hard for @JDB to argue that the NYT decides what is newsworthy for the whole country. Given how partisan most major American news outlets are, it seems more like the NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, & co. decide what is newsworthy for one half of the country, and Fox & co. decide what is newsworthy for the other half, and then both halves are directly opposed to each other.