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hunter

(40,570 posts)
37. Some giant corporations are more toxic than others.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:42 PM
Thursday

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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I hope Netflix burys Paramount. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Thursday OP
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
Didn't they bid more then Netflix's? EX500rider Thursday #3
Ted Sarandos was at the White House today and left disappointed. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #9
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
D AK Grizz Thursday #33
After today's episode of Academy, I'm ready to throw it all out. Intractable Thursday #7
Starfleet Academy Eps 6 was some of the best Star Trek IMO ymmv EX500rider Thursday #13
Episode 6 was great. Episode 8 is a boring space opera for teanagers. Intractable Thursday #14
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
Loved her as "Captain Killy" lol EX500rider Thursday #19
Yes. Cap't Killy was fun. But, in general, there were too many trips to the negative universe. Intractable Thursday #22
Voyager had a fair amount of opera...but I liked ST:V also..and Picard! EX500rider Thursday #18
Picard season 2 scraped the bottom. Intractable Thursday #23
You support Bari Weiss and David Ellison BeyondGeography Thursday #35
They're the assholes who killed Colbert... lame54 Thursday #36
David Ellison can go shove his precious billions where it doesn't shine. Initech Thursday #4
This is a bad outcome newdeal2 Thursday #6
Then I can watch Star Trek(s)......................... Lovie777 Thursday #8
I'd rather see Star Trek go to Netflix than be on Paramount. For sure! Intractable Thursday #11
Yes. By all means. Less competition is always great for the consumer. Right? PeaceWave Thursday #12
How is HBO and CNN in the hands of Trump's BFF an improvement? DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #15
Because you'll get Star Trek! Wiz Imp Thursday #21
I suspect HBO viewers skew left. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #25
Regardless of the politics, 1 person controlling so much of the US media would be a disaster Wiz Imp Thursday #26
Netflix won't have to do anything. hunter Thursday #24
What happens to CNN? DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #27
What happened to AOL? hunter Thursday #30
Yea, but Wildcards tv show from Canada............ Lovie777 Thursday #29
Me too Bettie Thursday #28
Nero, nice fiddle playing OC375 Thursday #31
Or, AK Grizz Thursday #34
Some giant corporations are more toxic than others. hunter Thursday #37
Yes, apparently being owned by primarily Vanguard Group Inc. and BlackRock Inc makes Neflix OK!! lol EX500rider Thursday #38
401k Winner By Default OC375 Thursday #40
Yup Joinfortmill Thursday #32
Not happening iemanja Thursday #39
They will compete and Netflix will win. DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #41
Netflix already withdrew iemanja Thursday #42
Subscriber Battle DemocratSinceBirth Yesterday #43
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