On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:59:34 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> News Corp. Scrambles To Bid For Yahoo
>
> Gah! In balance, I think that may actually be worse than Microsoft
> buying Yahoo!. At least in Microsoft's case, all they want is more
> revenue (albeit by strengthening their monopoly), but Murdoch is a
> different animal. Yes he's also trying to build a monopoly, but in
> this case it's about more than just money, it's also about him mis
> -using yet another media outlet, to spread the disease of his vile
> right-wing extremist ideologies. Although it could be argued that
> Microsoft does the same thing, in a less obvious way (using shills
> and lobbyists).
>
> It's bad enough that the Bancrofts failed to shield Dow Jones from
> Murdoch's menacing advances, but now this...
>
> At this rate, there won't be any impartial professional journalism
> left. The voice of democracy and reason will be restricted to just
> amateur blogs (dissidents), whilst the official "news" degenerates
> even further into the role of a propaganda machine, spreading vile
> fascist indoctrination. With the ultimate demise of Net Neutrality
> even those dissident voices could be suppressed and censored.
>
> I find it curious that so much resources and effort is invested in
> trying to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, but few seem to care
> about the worst and most destructive disease of all - fascism. But
> then again that may be because dead men don't pay taxes ... or buy
> goods and services from companies like Microsoft and News Corp, so
> saving lives amounts to little more than an "investment", whereas
> saving society from the disease of fascism just isn't "profitable"
> enough for those few who actually have the /power/ to do something
> about it. Apathy, ignorance and impotence takes care of the rest.
You are absolutely insane [Homer].
Post left in tact to substantiate the above claim.
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