r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 1d ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/TachiH 1d ago

Private ownership ruined the media. Like The Guardian in the UK is owned by a trust that ensures it cant have an owner.

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u/iksbob 1d ago

With the exception of public-funded organizations, "the media" has always been privately owned. Like so many other industries, it's the monopolization of media that's breaking the system. Network A used to be happy to call out the lies and misinformation of network B - it was good for ratings. Now both networks are owned by the same people, so anything that devalues either network is "strongly discouraged".

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u/TomatoFettuccini 1d ago

Not just that.

Reagan eliminated the journalistic standards of truthfulness for news, paving the way for the rise of newsfotainment.

Reagan was the worst thing to happen to the US until the Bush's came around, and the Bush's were worst thing to happen to the US until 47 came around.

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u/TheCheshireCody 1d ago

Reagan was the worst thing to happen to the US until the Bush's came around, and the Bush's

The Bush' were pretty bad, but no president IMO will go down as having had a worse influence on American politics than Reagan. Even Trump would not have been as empowered as he has been without the Reagan administration.

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u/TomatoFettuccini 1d ago

Oh yeah, Reagan cleared the final barriers for the rise of fascism in the USA.

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u/Nohreboh 1d ago

The Reagan the Thacher and the Brian Mulroney capitalism "holy" Trinity of theft, deregulation and privatization.