• Gabu@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re completely ignoring self-censorship practiced by the press in favour of financial gains. “Oops, looks like Nestlé just paid us a lot of cash for an ad. I guess that story about their security force beating up a bunch of slaves won’t be getting a page after all”.

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      8 months ago

      “Nestlé also p̶a̶i̶d̶ gifted/lobbied someone in congress, we can’t be making the politician/billionaire look bad. We might lose our money tree”

      People are fed so much clickbait/propaganda by their news, they end up believing ratings made by themselves.