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In reply to the discussion: I hope Netflix burys Paramount. [View all]hunter
(40,570 posts)37. Some giant corporations are more toxic than others.
It's fair to ask which corporation is more likely to bury content and fire employees for entirely political reasons.
Personally, I'm not in the game. My wife and I watch less than seven hours of television a week, none of it news or opinion, and nothing with advertising.
We don't have cable, satellite, or broadcast television. Our television plays one or two no-advertising streaming services and DVDs. That's all it does.
If television disappeared entirely we'd read more books.
I do worry about how these "corporate wars" will affect the political climate in the U.S.A..
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Not me, I hope Paramount gets Warner Bros...I pay for Paramount+ for all the new & old Star Trek
EX500rider
Thursday
#1
They can't win a fair bidding war and need TSF to put his thumb on the scale.
DemocratSinceBirth
Thursday
#2
Sheesh. Who cares if 90% of the media is controlled by 1 super right wing company...
Wiz Imp
Thursday
#5
I get my news from the BBC and more content is appreciated when you have limited entertainment funds
EX500rider
Thursday
#10
Wow. Since you get your news fom the BBC, who cares that 1 person owns 90% of the media in the US
Wiz Imp
Thursday
#20
haven't seen it yet, save it for fri night, if Tilly is back I will love it...but I liked Discovery
EX500rider
Thursday
#16
I disliked the latter three years of Discovery. They were pretty good up until the move to the future.
Intractable
Thursday
#17
Yes. Cap't Killy was fun. But, in general, there were too many trips to the negative universe.
Intractable
Thursday
#22
Regardless of the politics, 1 person controlling so much of the US media would be a disaster
Wiz Imp
Thursday
#26