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I read about twenty mainstream news reports on this court ruling on net neutrality, and not ONE could be bothered to mention that U.S. broadband is an uncompetitive mess dominated by a bunch of shitty monopolies that bribe government to maintain power a rather central part of the story, guys

3/1/25, 7:07 pm60 reposts232 likes

I learned this lesson the hard way covering telecom, but once you notice it it's all pervasive: corruption as a concept literally doesn't exist in most reporting despite its obvious impacts everywhere you look. just simply...not mentioned as a massive causation factor for most U.S. problems

reuters.comUS appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rulesA U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission did not have legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.

Comcast and AT&T bribed state and federal lawmakers to protect their cozy regional monopolies so they could screw consumers and competitors alike in a wide variety of ways and in press stories LITERALLY ABOUT THE FUCKING BROADBAND INDUSTRY this just...isn't mentioned 90% of the time

pick any story about gun control, health care, air travel, whatever from the news wires and notice how they all operate in a sterile Fantasyland where these industries lobbyists haven't effectively purchased market domination to the detriment of consumers and healthy markets