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Hmm I seem to recall laws against monopolies.

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[–] ahmism@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This isn't true. Reuters is owned by a Canadian company, and AP is independent.

[–] hothomir@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] coolin@beehaw.org 44 points 2 years ago

Cool meme but Reuters doesn't own AP and Rothschild doesn't own Reuters. It is quite ironic to be pushing against the very real problem of media disinfo/government propaganda trickled down through AP/Reuters, while at the same time spreading misinformation.

[–] Illustrious_Luck5514@beehaw.org 29 points 2 years ago

In case you didn’t know, the number 88 (for “hh”, or “Heil Hitler”) is a nazi dog whistle. The insinuation here is that since Rothschild is Jewish, the AP must be part of the Jewish conspiracy to control the world from the shadows.

https://www.britannica.com/story/where-do-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-about-the-rothschild-family-come-from

[–] oscar_falke@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah... Could we please not post antisemitic dogwhistles on here?

[–] void@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

At „It’s the Jews!“ OP could have stopped and done some simple research – instead they decided to go on and post antisemitic lies.

https://fullfact.org/online/associated-press-reuters-rothschilds/

[–] Vendul@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is extremely dangerous to our democracy

https://youtu.be/ZggCipbiHwE

[–] Entheon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This video is horrifying to watch.

[–] CaptainHowdy@vlemmy.net 14 points 2 years ago

This is the stupidest thing I've read in a long time. If you think there are only 6 "media companies" and that they all get their news from AP or Reuters, then you need to get the fuck off the internet for a while.

[–] reallynotnick@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

How are we counting "media companies"? Like what defines one?

[–] Entheon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

It would be really nice if we made use of those nifty anti-trust laws we have. There's a bunch of industries that could use it.

[–] Crunchypotat77@vlemmy.net 8 points 2 years ago

American car manufacturers all adopting NACS is also a monopoly in formation.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago
[–] Srsr2@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

It can't be a coincidence that the Rothschild guy there looks almost identical to Mr. Burns, right?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago

And people wonder why Cuba has banned American media. "Freedom of press" is an illusion when it's all owned by megacorporations and billionaires.