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I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platforms

karlbode.comLocal U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing PropagandaThanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

point taken by people responding to the word "soon" with "it already is," but I don't think you appreciate how much worse it can and will get right now you at least get a cute segment on jimothy or the occasional public interest segment just you wait until it's ALL just Sinclair Broadcasting

22/7/26, 4:06 pm15 reposts226 likes

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

22 July

and that's definitely what is coming; once Nexstar and Tegna merge, Sinclair buying up what's left is the inevitable next step

youtu.beSinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on MediaYouTube video by Deadspin

Funkybat - Kevin W.

@funkybat.bsky.social

22 July

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the Nexstar and Tegna merger was canceled by various state regulators nixing that deal?

John Pontoon, dissident revenant

@johnpontoon.bsky.social

22 July

TBH I think making the wide umbrella of *trustbusting* into the platform would be great. That way, ALL industry consolidation can be properly warred upon.

Funkybat - Kevin W.

@funkybat.bsky.social

22 July

In the meantime, I think it would really be worth someone like Mackenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) or Melinda French Gates to consider buying out completely entities like Sinclair in order to remove all of the GOP cancer and turn them back into legitimate broadcasting entities

John Pontoon, dissident revenant

@johnpontoon.bsky.social

22 July

Outstanding idea. The left seems resistant to doing this because, I don’t know, it’s cheugy? But we see the results of the right’s delight in owning the information environment.

John Pontoon, dissident revenant

@johnpontoon.bsky.social

22 July

Example: bsky.app/profile/wors...

Worse On Purpose@worseonpurpose.bsky.social

One PE firm owns Pyrex, Corelle, CorningWare, Instant Pot, Anchor Hocking, and Oneida. The pastel Instagram pans lose their nonstick between cooking cycle 30 and 60. A pan measured in months, priced like it's forever. Who owns your kitchen, and what's still worth buying 👇 tinyurl.com/2s3xc53m

worseonpurpose.comYour Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.

Andre Kenji de Sousa

@andkenbrbr.bsky.social

22 July

I think that precisely that TV is a market in decline that it needs to be protected from Clearchannel style consolidation. Specially because it's a public service used during emergencies and natural disasters.