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Americans have no idea (lemmy.zip)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They know

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

They very explicitly and purposefully do not. This is a cornerstone of American domestic power. You cloud the news media with "Crime Wave" hysterics and neoliberal economic truisms, then strategically squelch or discredit any opposition views, from Dan Rather to Steven Colbert.

This is in large part thanks to a massive consolidation of media ownership over the last forty years, particularly via capture by Big Tech parent companies.

If "they know", who told them?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

also animal ag is an atrocity you must never think about

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know who else says this? Every other American lmao