As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."
https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/
If Musk & his investors can be this obvious about Wikipedia, it begs the question of what other types of coercion is being used elsewhere on other media organizations
MSNBC is being sold. Many are now owned by other like-minded billionaires. Academia is being strong-armed by their donors & benefactors. Governments & social media platforms are now run by oligarchs, foreign & domestic
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-newspaper-axis-six-press-barons-who-enabled-hitler-power-without-responsibility-1.4856354
https://jacobin.com/2022/09/right-wing-media-wwii-newspapers-olmsted
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-newspaper-axis-review-hitlers-editorial-allies-11649435547
Trump is using lawsuits to browbeat media organizations,...& pollsters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/trump-sues-des-moines-register.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/nyregion/donald-trump-new-york-times-lawsuit.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-abc-stephanopoulos.html
Elon Musk is using the mobbing tactics of a bully.
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-bully-pulpit-is-coming-into-focus-2024-08-13/
https://medium.com/@erinfulmerwrites/elon-musk-isnt-unwell-his-abusive-bullying-resembles-coercive-control-cd74ef296071
https://www.ft.com/content/5990fd02-5541-48f2-88f7-45235bacfbde
News hosts & journalists are being sued or fired
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power
Backroom meetings between owners & editors and buyers.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/carole-cadwalladr-leaves-the-observer-following-tortoise-media-buyout-387562/
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https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/11/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-lawsuits-murray-energy
https://www.eenews.net/articles/john-oliver-claims-victory-as-murray-drops-lawsuit/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrw57q4y9do
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn42p1m3jmno
Institutional investors are "influencing" once prestigious news organizations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/business/jeff-yass-shares-trump-media-merger.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/business/vanguard-blackrock-state-street-investing-voting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/dealbook/fink-blackrock-woke.html
The strategy seems to be: "Make it expensive, very expensive, to tell the truth."
Molly White
Nicole Parsons
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