If you’re paying attention, you know that right wing billionaires have bought most of the legacy news outlets in the US. It’s not just Fox News; it’s CBS and CNN and the Washington Post, too. And every week, there’s another terrible example of the damage they’re doing to journalism — and democracy itself. Today’s outrage:
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