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Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease Trump.

They might be obeying, but you don't need to.

Americans: Vote & volunteer

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 80 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

CNN, WaPo, LA Times, NY Times are all aligning themselves to be the next Nazi Propaganda Machine.

Do not let them forget after this election. Free press my ass

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I understand the gripes about NYT wrt trans rights and Palestine and general "both sides" bs, but within this context about endorsements it's worth noting that they are publishing a big series of pro-Harris editorials in the last couple weeks of the election.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile, am I on acid or something, or is Rolling Stone suddenly one of the more credible American news media? How the fuck did that happen?

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

we need 70's style regulation. no more than one media outlet ownership for each area. heck I don't even think we should allow a company to own both a paper and a tv station in the same area anymore.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here me out, the biggest X companies should automatically be split on a yearly basis, with a ban on company mergers.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thing is if we taxed corporate income the same as personal and had a tiered system that would go up all the way to the maximum any entity makes it would do that naturally. Basically it would be a shocking system where the better you make money the harder it is to make more of it. Kinda like how major league baseball plays a harder game than t-ball.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

We can absolutely do both, and more.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean we could but what im saying is companies could only grow so big because it would just be to hard to make money at some point that we would want to titrate to make sure no company becomes a monopoly. Honestly I think we should outlaw holding companies and such. Only allow stock to be owned individually by individuals.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

because it would just be to hard to make money at some point that we would want to titrate to make sure no company becomes a monopoly.

Sure, however having multiple avenues of preventing megacorps from forming is better. It's easy for a powerful corp to undo one or two regulations, but not so much if it is a cohesive system of regulations.

Honestly I think we should outlaw holding companies and such.

Absolutely agreed.

Only allow stock to be owned individually by individuals.

I'd say we should go a step further and kill the stock market in it's entirety through a moratorium on IPOs.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With no market would there be stocks? I prefer companies owned by many people over one person or family owning the company.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer companies owned by many people over one person or family owning the company.

Agreed, which is why the stock market needs to go. The only way for labor to truly own their workplace is if they're the only ones who can control it (within reason). A stock market allows for the rich to single-handedly buy up a majority of the shares and control a company.

Instead, every company should eventually be turned into co-op nonprofits.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hello from Canada.

Rogers owns half the news, the entertainment, the telecommunications, the internet, and the cable.

Bell owns the other half.

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, except CBC. But otherwise yes.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OK. CBC has. An hour of local news. With some entertainment. And one news channel. They don't control the wires. Or the phones. Or the networks. Or banks, or sports teams.

But, you know.samesees

Here's what CBC controls:

CBC

Here's what ROGERS controls

Rogers Cable Division

Rogers Cable — both a cable television and internet service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick (except in Sackville), and Newfoundland and Labrador.
    Rogers TV — English-language network of community-oriented channels.
    TV Rogers — French-language network of community-oriented channels.
Source Cable — cable service in Hamilton, Ontario
Sportsnet PPV — Pay-per-view service
CPAC (66.75%) — specialty channel

Rogers Internet Division

Rogers Hi-Speed Internet
Rogers Telecom
    Rogers Home Phone Service

Rogers Wireless Division

Rogers Wireless
    Rogers Hotspots — WiFi hotspot service installed in venues across Canada
Fido Solutions
Chatr

Conventional television

Citytv
    CITY - Toronto, Ontario (First aired 1972)
    CKVU - Vancouver, British Columbia (owned & operated since 2002)
    CKAL - Calgary, Alberta (O&O since 2005)
    CKEM - Edmonton, Alberta (O&O since 2005)
    CHMI - Winnipeg, Manitoba (O&O since 2005)
    Citytv Saskatchewan - Regina & Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (O&O since 2012)
    CJNT - Montreal, Quebec (O&O since 2012)
OMNI Television
    CFMT - Toronto, Ontario (First aired 1979)
    CJMT - Toronto, Ontario (O&O since 2002)
    CHNM - Vancouver, British Columbia (O&O since 2008)
    CJCO - Calgary, Alberta (O&O since 2008)
    CJEO - Edmonton, Alberta (O&O since 2008)
Hockey Night in Canada – Rogers-produced part-time television network airing on CBC Television stations

Specialty and Pay TV

Bravo
Discovery Channel (starting January 1, 2025)
Food Network (starting January 1, 2025)
FX Canada (66.64%)
FXX Canada (66.64%)
HGTV (starting January 1, 2025)
Investigation Discovery (starting January 1, 2025)
Magnolia Network (starting January 1, 2025)
Sportsnet
    Sportsnet 360
    Sportsnet One
    Sportsnet World
TSC
WWE Network (Distribution only)

Television production

Dome Productions (50%)

Groupe TVA

Rogers Communications owns 0.03% stake of Groupe TVA

TVA
    CFTM-DT - Montreal
    CFCM-DT - Quebec City
    CFER-DT - Rimouski
    CHLT-DT - Sherbrooke
    CHEM-DT - Trois-Rivières
    CJPM-DT - Saguenay
addikTV — film and television series
Évasion — travel and adventure
Canal Indigo — PPV movie service
Le Canal Nouvelles — 24 hour news
CASA — lifestyle and real estate
Moi et Ce — lifestyle and entertainment
Prise 2 — retro film and television series
TVA Sports — sports
Zeste — food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming

Radio

Main article: Rogers Radio City Call Sign Frequency Branding/Format Abbotsford CKQC-FM FM 107.1 107.1 Country Banff/Canmore CHMN-FM FM 106.5 106.5 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Calgary CFAC AM 960 Sportsnet 960 The Fan CFFR AM 660 660 NewsRadio Calgary CHFM-FM FM 95.9 Star 95.9 (adult contemporary) CFLT-FM FM 96.9 Jack 96.9 (adult hits) Chilliwack CKKS-FM FM 107.5 Sonic Radio (alternative) CKSR-FM FM 98.3 Star 98.3 (adult contemporary) Dartmouth CFDR-FM FM 92.9 Jack 92.9 (adult hits) Edmonton CHBN-FM FM 91.7 Kiss 91.7 (contemporary hits) CHDI-FM FM 102.9 Sonic 102.9 (alternative) CKER-FM FM 101.7 101.7 World FM (multilingual) Fort McMurray CKYX-FM FM 97.9 97.9 Rock CJOK-FM FM 93.3 93.3 Country Grande Prairie CFGP-FM FM 97.7 97.7 Rock Halifax CJNI-FM FM 95.7 95.7 NewsRadio Halifax Kingston CIKR-FM FM 105.7 K Rock 105.7 CKXC-FM FM 93.5 93.5 Country Kitchener CHYM-FM FM 96.7 CHYM 96.7 (adult contemporary) CIKZ-FM FM 106.7 106.7 Country CKGL AM 570 570 NewsRadio Kitchener Lethbridge CFRV-FM FM 107.7 Kiss 107.7 (contemporary hits) CJRX-FM FM 106.7 106.7 Rock London CHST-FM FM 102.3 Jack 102.3 (adult hits) Medicine Hat CKMH-FM FM 105.3 105.3 Rock CJCY-FM FM 102.1 Jack 102.1 (adult hits) North Bay CHUR-FM FM 100.5 Kiss 100.5 (contemporary hits) CKAT AM 600 600 Country CKFX-FM FM 101.9 101.9 The Fox (rock) Ottawa CHEZ-FM FM 106 CHEZ 106 (rock) CISS-FM FM 105.3 Kiss 105.3 (contemporary hits) Sault Ste. Marie CHAS-FM FM 100.5 Kiss 100.5 CJQM-FM FM 104.3 104.3 Country Smiths Falls CJET-FM FM 92.3 Jack 92.3 (adult hits) CKBY-FM FM 101.1 101.1 Country Squamish CISQ-FM FM 107.1 107.1 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Sudbury CJRQ-FM FM 92.7 Q92 (rock) CJMX-FM FM 105.3 Kiss 105.3 Tillsonburg CJDL-FM FM 107.3 107.3 Country CKOT-FM FM 101.3 Easy 101.3 (adult contemporary) Timmins CJQQ-FM FM 92.1 Q92 (rock) CKGB-FM FM 99.3 Kiss 99.3 (contemporary hits) Toronto CFTR AM 680 680 NewsRadio Toronto CHFI-FM FM 98.1 98.1 CHFI (adult contemporary) CKIS-FM FM 92.5 Kiss 92.5 (contemporary hits) CJCL AM 590 Sportsnet 590 The Fan Vancouver CISL AM 650 Sportsnet 650 Vancouver CJAX-FM FM 96.9 Jack 96.9 (adult hits) CKWX AM 1130 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver Victoria CHTT-FM FM 103.1 Jack 103.1 (adult hits) CIOC-FM FM 98.5 Ocean 98.5 (adult contemporary) Whistler CISW-FM FM 102.1 102.1 Mountain FM (adult contemporary) Winnipeg CITI-FM FM 92.1 92.1 CITI (rock) CKY-FM FM 102.3 Kiss 102.3

Rogers Bank
Rogers Smart Home Monitoring

Sports Teams

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (37.5%)[2]
    Toronto Maple Leafs
    Toronto Raptors
    Toronto FC
    Toronto Argonauts
    Toronto Marlies
    Raptors 905
    Toronto FC II
    TFC Academy
Toronto Blue Jays[2]

Stadiums

Rogers Centre[2]
Rogers Arena (naming rights only; the building itself is owned by Canucks Sports & Entertainment)
Rogers Place (naming rights only; the building itself is owned by City of Edmonton and operated by Oilers Entertainment Group)
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

To save space heres what the other half -bell media - owns(tthis doesn't even include what the parent company owns either)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Bell_Media

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it's less out of fear and more about billionaire wannabe oligarchs tacitly supporting the candidate best aligned with their own interests.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That road leads to the same place.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

but the implications are flipped. the headlines imply these institutions were in favor of democracy in the first place and doing a blunder.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Don't publish that or I'll fire you" coming from the org's owner is pretty good incentive not to publish

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

exactly what i mean.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed. It’s a distinction without a difference.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago

They aren't sucking up to Trump they are bowing to their god-money, from all the cash they'll get while the US burn.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trump already hates Bezos for WaPo's reporting, he has nothing to gain by prohibiting the Harris endorsement. Edit: another poster said that Trump aligns more closely with his interests and that's probably it.

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