• melsaskca
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    11 days ago

    More billionaire media control. It’s everywhere I tell 'ya!

    • falseWhite@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Possibly. But the BBC aired a pretty good segment on Trump and he sued BBC for $5bn. So, that’s most likely why they’re being careful going forward now.

      • axmo
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        11 days ago

        In what way is this not control? He has succeeded in changing the editorial position of the BBC.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 days ago

        Control through legal threats is still control. The BBC is afraid of getting sued again, which means Trump has some impactful control over them.

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        Why didn’t they take him to court over it? tRump has lost all the cases that companies actually took to court. The only ones who “lost” were the ones who capitulated, paid a settlement, fired the people trump didn’t like, then changed their editorial positions to comply with the party line as dictated.

        • plyth@feddit.org
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          Why didn’t they take him to court over it?

          Because they took two half sentences from different parts of a speech, put them together and made him say something he hadn’t said. (if I remember correctly)