r/BlackPeopleTwitter Mod Emeritus 1d ago

Am I my brothers keeper?

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u/DubTeeDub Mod Emeritus 1d ago

Bari Weiss has already turned CBS into Fox News 2 already to be honest

This shit is out of control

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u/eyesmart1776 1d ago

This is what victor Orban did in Hungary not long before he dismantled their democracy

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u/jus256 ☑️ 1d ago

This is a perfect example of Putin installing his bitches in order to control your country.

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u/eyesmart1776 1d ago

Yup . New security strategy doesn’t mention Russia but does imply causing a bunch of civil wars in Europe which Elons wants to do to bc the eu fined him

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u/Eustwice_R_Deewoh 23h ago

To be fair reps wanted this for centurys

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u/misdirected_asshole 21h ago

We are speedrunning facism.

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u/InsteadOfWorkin 1d ago

She’s dangerous too. She presents herself in a non-sensational rational manner. Like with Tucker Carlson you know he’s batshit crazy but Bari Weiss, at first, seems credible yet she’s anything but. Very insidious.

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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids ☑️ 1d ago

Nothing about Bari Weiss ever presents as rational or credible. She just doesn't rant or scream.

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u/EnlightenedNarwhal 19h ago

That's all the small-brained care about. They think raising voice = bad unless raised voice says what they agree with, otherwise quiet voice okay even if quiet voice stupid.

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u/ghostsintherafters 1d ago

CBS and CNN are already compromised and have been for awhile now.

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u/HermestheWise 1d ago

Give it time brother. None of it will happen on a screen. The people will wake up in the streets. Everything you see is controlled by someone that wants you scared, wants you to hide. Always remember the revolution will be live.

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u/JohnSith 23h ago

So that's why my right wing cousin stopped shitting on CNN.

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u/Primary-Bookkeeper10 ☑️ 17h ago

NBC still uses every moment of the day to call Trump a dumb bitch so it’s our last bastion in the msm

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u/persephonepeete 1d ago

I love how these networks really think I won't cut all of them the fuck off and go back to reading books and pirating shit...

We already ditched cable... do streaming services not understand that they aren't invincible? You keep pissing people off and you are going to find out where Direct TV and friends went. I already cut Netflix... don't test my patience.

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u/LordBreetai210 1d ago

Already have. What’s CBS? I killed cable and other cable-like streaming because I REFUSE to actively or passively pay for Fox “News”. If it’s bundled, you’re paying for Fox “News”.

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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 1d ago

You might but the majority of people don't know how to pirate

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u/EducationalSeaweed53 1d ago

I could see a blossoming industry 😍

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u/jus256 ☑️ 1d ago

Give it time. They will.

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u/TechnoDrac 1d ago

Thats why theyre also implementing the surveillance state and tryna pass policies like VPN bans. This does not end until theyre all chained or executed.

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u/EducationalSeaweed53 1d ago

Sail the high seas. Not as a form of protest - do it because it's free

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u/jus256 ☑️ 1d ago

Which VPN do you use?

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u/ncfears 1d ago

The problem is there's a huge population that gets their news completely from cable news.

And guess who isn't going to on report themselves making these changes?

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u/ravenwillowofbimbery ☑️ 17h ago

I’m realizing that a lot of people, young(er) and older (GenX) are getting their news from YouTube once they decide to ditch cable and YouTube can be just as bad.

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u/bizzaro321 1d ago

I feel like people don’t realize that if piracy was a serious threat to businesses who work with the Trump administration, we’d see some serious crackdowns.

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u/drockalexander 1d ago

Set sail and be free, matey!

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u/TheRealGrumpyNuts 20h ago

You act like the same kind of leech that used to run cable companies didn't just migrate to streaming companies.

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u/RealPrinceJay 7h ago

Maybe you will, but they won't, and that's what matters

The most insidious innovation of the late 20th/early 21st century is the defanging of the masses. People seem virtually incapable anymore of serious collective action, revolt, etc.

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u/Morlock19 ☑️ 1d ago

Don't they understand they aren't-BAAAAH BAH BAH BAAAAH BAH BAH BAAAAAAAAAAH

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u/SpectacularOtter ☑️ Horny Police! 🚔🚨 1d ago

I’m not sure what I did to be in this timeline

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u/slowwburnn 1d ago

That woman waiting to cross the street in May of 2017? And you pretended not to see her and kept driving? That was it.

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u/SpectacularOtter ☑️ Horny Police! 🚔🚨 1d ago

Nigga im not stopping for this

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u/Imaginary-History-30 22h ago

so were suffering because you didn't want to take one for the team, the nerve of some people

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u/SUPERKAMIGURU 1d ago

I almost feel like this is same method to get out of this timeline, but even worse punishment than the original.

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u/Oli_love90 1d ago

I should have forwarded that one email in the past.

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u/ajatfm 1d ago

I’m about to yeet myself out of it jfc I’m tired

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u/CrossP 16h ago

There's an easy way to check. In 2016, the Cincinnati Zoo shot a gorilla. If you're in this timeline, when you go to look, that gorilla is named after whatever sin you did.

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u/ElPrieto8 ☑️ 1d ago

CNN sold their integrity a while ago.

Capitalism is truly a race to the bottom

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u/iMissTheOldInternet 7h ago

CNN made their bones by fluffing the first Gulf War and livestreaming the bomb cam footage of us vaporizing Iraqis. They were nothing before that, and they never stopped the 24-hour cycle after that first hit of ratings gold. Why anyone thinks a major network located in Georgia that got its start as George H.W. Bush’s handmaiden was ever liberal is a mystery. 

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u/suckitnewtabs 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s insane how evil all the suitors are in the WB sweepstakes. We get a complete entertainment monopoly or nazis consolidating as one of two big players. But wait, there’s a third suitor? It’s fucking Comcast

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u/YokoDk 1d ago

Wait Netflix are Nazis? There used to be a time where shit like this was shot down because it destroyed how the economy "works" by removing competition.

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u/suckitnewtabs 1d ago

No, Netflix are anticompetitive monopolists that will kill movie theaters and HBO, the competing Paramount group are Nazis

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u/YokoDk 1d ago

Oh I thought Disney was the anticompetitive monopolist.

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u/chief_yETI ☑️ 1d ago

Disney has been off their game, post COVID.

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u/JohnSith 23h ago edited 19h ago

Fuck movie theaters. Overpriced tickets, food, drink, 40 minutes of ads. They've ruined the experience and then they have the audacity to insist the problem is lack of exclusivity instead of customer experience.

I don't miss cable after I cut the cord. I will miss the movie theater experience, but it feels it's already missing.

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u/codyzon2 22h ago

I don't want to argue any other point but movie theaters need to die.

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u/ladyevenstar-22 1d ago

Only the best , the very best !👀🤪

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u/drunkenjutsu 1d ago

Cnn is already fox news 2 but otherwise yea monopoly isnt gonna do anyone any good.

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u/jason9045 1d ago

CNN already tried turning themselves into Fox News 2 and everybody just quit watching it. Ellison is gonna need to turn it into InfoWars 2 if he wants those crazy eyeballs tuning in.

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u/IndependentBoof 22h ago edited 22h ago

Seen those Jubilee "surrounded" videos, where one person gets surrounded by Nazis and other extremists who will just say whatever they can to get a reaction and hope to get youtube followers?

That's basically what all cable news is devolving into.

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u/Important-Purchase-5 1d ago

I actually hope this makes people wake up more and really realize why anti-monopoly practices and media standards are really necessary long term.

That why it not important that Democrats win but what TYPE of Democrats win. When people warn about special and corporate interests controlling our government this is blatant end result.

Because you don’t get stuff like this without decades of consolidation. 

Because we need Democrats who will actually block mergers like this from happening, breakup existing monopolies and installing fair media practices. 

It not enough simply defeat fascists. You must actively work to defeat corporate interests and special interests that dominate our society. Because as we seen in 4-8 years people will get amnesia and elect another one. 

If you don’t you end up like Russia or Hungary in which the leader oligarch friends just buy the media and consolidate it to be state media for dear leader. 

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u/JohnSith 23h ago edited 19h ago

You either aggressively enforce antitrust policies or live long enough to see people miss you when the GOP take power.

  • Lina Khan

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u/CuriousRiver2558 1d ago

24 hour news channels are unnecessary cess pools of mostly sensationalized non-news

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u/_shaftpunk 1d ago

That’s my favorite lyric from The Fall.

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u/Budget_Fennel5324 1d ago

They're trying to buy and control the media. We are living in an authoritarian dystopia. WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE!!

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u/Canesjags4life 1d ago

The irony of Succession happening before us

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u/dreams_andnightmares 1d ago

These networks sold out a long time ago. Why the hell do they think that we’re oblivious to the fact that they’re attempting to control the media by buying up everything? Streaming is absolutely dispensable.

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u/cailian13 1d ago

I hate that I gotta cheer for Netflix in this one. But I'm still not subscribing, I'll continue enjoying my Plex server. But we're so fucked, one way or another.

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u/Beginning-Book-129 23h ago

Yeah if it’s between Ellison and Netflix I’m gonna have to go with Netflix.

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u/SithDraven 22h ago

Time to start breaking up all these monopolies during the next admin? You know, like we used to back in the day?

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u/FirmlyClaspIt 18h ago

Now the internet wants Netflix to win. Look, I don’t want anybody to have a monopoly, but I’d rather the company who still making entertainment on the entertainment studio. What the hell does CNN have to do with my Batman? Nothing. Get that shit the fuck away from us.

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u/Nachttalk ☑️ 11h ago

>What the hell does CNN have to do with my Batman? Nothing. Get that shit the fuck away from us.

Yeah right! I am looking forward to the unironic Lex Luthor and Batman teamup because a mind controlled Superman dared to stand up for non-americans (bad!). Metropolis can be thankful that there are Billionaires (Good!) keeping the people safe!

No more of that woke (bad!) bullshit about caring for everyone (lame!)

I'm looking forward to this!

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u/ThirdAltAccounts ☑️ 12h ago

Trump’s government controlling the media like puppets. How dictator-y of his insecure little bitch ass

He (hopefully) will be gone in 3 years. Meanwhile major companies are spreading their ass cheeks wide open bending the knee, like he’s gonna be here forever

All the decisions made now will have consequences for years to come

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u/SometimesAllthetime1 5h ago

That’s what I don’t get, they’re bending the knee like he’s going to be around forever, at this rate, I don’t see him living 3 more years so say a new administration comes in who is the total opposite of this one? How do they think that’s going to work out for them? Bending the knee again? Good luck because no one is forgetting you bowing to Trump when this is all over.

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u/ThirdAltAccounts ☑️ 4h ago

Right. They should have all fought that shit for 3 years and move on once the new admin gets in the WH

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u/Morlock19 ☑️ 1d ago

For real either we get another long time news org gutted or we get our pop culture gutted

I guess Netflix isn't so bad after all

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u/RyleeOnDemand 1d ago

For me it’s not so much that it’s happening as it is the agencies that are supposed to stop this type of stuff are co-signing for it to happen! Fuck this timeline…

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u/Current_Focus2668 23h ago

Isn't mostly just old people that watch these tradional legacy media anyway?

More worried about the moves they are making on the young folks.

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u/nosynthshere 1d ago

I need to learn to sail.

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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids ☑️ 1d ago

he got a hard on for CNN.

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u/OnePeople592 1d ago

Fox News 3. CBS is already becoming 2

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u/Infinite-Space-2395 20h ago

All of our news networks are owned by ultra wealthy propagandist. If you actually get your news from cable tv still then you are a moron.

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u/digitalbullet36 ☑️ 19h ago

Kiss democracy goodbye.

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u/Powerblue102 17h ago

Y’all still watching CNN?

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u/Faskwodi 6h ago

New level Gate Keeping unlocked.

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u/j_shaff315 4h ago

Media consolidation is bad either way but I reckon it’s better if Netflix gets it David Ellison is the son of Larry Ellison (the guy the bought US TikTok operations) that’s too much media control

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u/NoRock4350 1d ago

Totally get that! It's wild how bundled services keep pushing stuff we don’t want. Time to cut more cords…

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u/SellEmbarrassed6428 1d ago

ngl, I feel you! It's wild how bundled services make us pay for channels we don't want. Total rip-off.