Thank you to @jenyamato.bsky.social for the intro! Journalasians looking out for one another ❤️

Hehe I know, if there's one thing I know about my friend Jon it's that you are a realist (cynic?) to the end. I used your setup question to plug my thread!

Unfortunately, I think not! Corporations are inherently conservative and I think a minority needs to be choked out for nearly 10 minutes on camera during a pandemic for companies to temporarily, proactively do the "woke" thing.

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But if the past couple of months have taught us nothing else, it's that we cannot trust corporations to defend our democracy.

Truthfully, I'm not optimistic that this is a fight that the people can win, because if you thought the record $200M that Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spent to strike down CA Prop 22 was a lot, the conglomerates can and will easily spend BILLIONS to keep their monopolies.

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Please read Matt Stoller's Substack for a compelling argument for repealing the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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Although the suspension will be lifted tomorrow (no word yet on whether Nexstar or Sinclair stations will carry the show), now is the time to sow the seeds of petitioning our legislators to reverse the massive consolidation in our sector.

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This isn't about being sensitive during someone's death. This is about censoring speech that questions propaganda.

This is what Trump's FCC, abetted by ABC, is silencing Kimmel over: one sentence (at the 2m mark) that says nothing against Kirk and is simply casting doubt on the government's narrative that his killer was leftist (when all credible evidence indicates he was far right).

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Late stage capitalism cooperating in lockstep with an authoritarian regime. This should chill everyone to the bone.