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drmeow

(5,776 posts)
2. WAY before 2016!
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:44 PM
Sep 19

It started with in 1996 with the founding of Fox New.

In print media it started with the LA Times which "In 1999, ... broke the firewall between the paper's editorial and advertising departments."

Like all other right wing "we have to be richer and more powerful all the time" changes it has been a gradual but insidious slide into propaganda.

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Kick and recommend bronxiteforever Sep 19 #1
WAY before 2016! drmeow Sep 19 #2
Former CBS CEO L.M. was one of them - Nigrum Cattus Sep 19 #3
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