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BumRushDaShow

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4. The national "mainstream" media has ALWAYS been owned by the oligarchs

Reply to jrthin (Reply #3)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:12 PM

May 3

There was even what was considered one of the, if not "the greatest film of all time" that told the story of one such oligarch -

This is the first time I have seen the below "trailer preview" clip (brought to you by the then-young and brilliant writer, director, producer, and actor Orson Welles, who made the film!) -

(and this was purportedly the story of William Randolph Hearst, media baron, who was royally pissed about this film

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Bottom line: What is going on today is nothing new.

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