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The FCC Votes to Let Monopolies Decide What Local News You See (commondreams.org)
24 points by Huhty on Nov 20, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Outrageous. What can (and should) be done to prevent this? A free society needs access to factual news, not fake news. If a monopoly controls the distribution mechanism(s), they can choose what news gets distributed. When that happens, truth is the first casualty.




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