Michaela W.1d ago
Emeritus Prof Christopher May

There lots of interesting stuff in Carole Cadwalladr's latest blog on the Broligarchy's 'war on journalism'...

following the money, she has also uncovered a funding link between Tortoise Media (newish owners of The Observer - her old employer) and Saudi Arabia sovereign funding (via a US private equity house).

As always her blog is detailed & full of only just controlled anger, but if you're interested in the political economy of the media, a must read.

#media #news

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-broligarchys-war-on-journalism

The broligarchy's war on journalism

The capture of US media by Trump allies is accelerating and the UK is the next in line. Plus: the mystery money behind my old newspaper.

How to Survive the Broligarchy
Mar 27 at 5:50pmWeb
Show threadohir1d ago

@ChrisMayLA6
This way the US local press was destroyed in #usnazi preparations to end the #democracy

It is worth to see how "they" did it before.

(Note: article behind a paywall, can be read with user-agent mimicking search engine and js turned off. Better yet – subscribe, Atlantic is one of the last outlets still standing, if for a while)

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/

Alden Global Capital, the Hedge Fund Killing Newspapers

Inside Alden Global Capital

The Atlantic
Show threadJoy_intl1d ago

@ChrisMayLA6 I found this podcast deeply thought-provoking and insightful on Saudi Arabia and its influence in Silicon Valley

https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5761206:nx-s1-mx-5761206-1

🔊 Listen Now: How Saudi Arabia shaped Silicon Valley

Throughline on NPR One | 49:39

NPR One
Show threadKevin Russell1d ago

@Joy_intl @ChrisMayLA6

I.love transcripts.

Show threadGreenpete 1d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 That makes for disturbing reading!
Show threadleftofcentre23h ago
@ChrisMayLA6 theres no unflushing that turd called us of a 😍 collapse at the tiny pussy grabbing hands of the pedo trafficker pedonald cunt 🤩
Show threadFazal Majid22h ago
@ChrisMayLA6 the motivations of Musk, Thiel, Bezos or Ellison are transparent. What I'd like to understand better are those of Arthur Sulzberger, owner of the NYT.
Show threadMàrtainn D 13h ago
@ChrisMayLA6 for those interested you can also follow Carole here through her bridged BS account https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b7kamuwqipovlbz2l5vhe2tb/post/3mi46wx5usc27
Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla.bsky.social)

NEW: I’ve found an opaque financial vehicle owns a large chunk of the Observer. And neither it or the Guardian will say who it is. Why? Well there is a clue. Which goes by way of Saudi Arabia… 1/ https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/the-broligarchys-war-on-journalism?r=nv9u6&utm_medium=ios https://substack.com/@carolecadwalla/note/p-184097202?r=nv9u6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Bluesky Social
Show threadspdrnl13h ago
@ginger_tosser @ChrisMayLA6 And that thread dives into opaque investments in the Observer, with possible Saudi links.