cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/27489993

Billionaire media owners are getting bolder in their attempts to suppress opinions they dislike. The latest example comes from LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who reportedly plans to personally review all opinion headlines to ensure they don’t offend Elon Musk or others that Soon-Shiong is trying to impress.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    16 days ago

    The Onion is done. Reality is killing it.

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    Ninja edit

    The Onion needs to have a "real news" section that's actually real news.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    16 days ago

    Unlike you loony tankoids I'm a free speech absolutist. That's why I bought and censored twitter and soon to own the LA Times my-hero

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    16 days ago

    Now that Musk is going to be in the federal government could this become a first amendment case lol

    • Hohsia [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      More like the objective death of the first amendment.

      But the decorum and the respect for tradition! This is why we must vote like our lives depend on it to stack the Supreme Court! A few rotten Supreme Court justices don’t define the system!

  • HelluvaBottomCarter [comrade/them]
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    16 days ago

    Yeah when you kill CEOs they all have to get raises to cover the increased risk. The job becomes risky and they need more money to make it worth it.

    However if you kill workers with a pandemic they should be grateful to just have a job. If they get raises then inflation crashes the economy.

  • Verenata
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    16 days ago

    Elon's divorced man energy is peaking.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    16 days ago

    Boy is he not going to like it when the second book of my modern superhero series gets published

    spoilers:

    He gets hacked to pieces with a machete before he escapes the Earth in a vain attempt to merge with the living manifestation of Nothing