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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Billionaires buy newspapers to print wonderful things about themselves.

Billionaires buy chat bots to make them say wonderful things about themselves.

Behold, our mighty enlightened future, just the same as our ignorant primitive past.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Wait till you find out who paid town criers...

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

LMAO! I was gonna say, OP didn't learn anything about early newspapers. :)

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I just watched the episode of the Simpsons yesterday where Burns buys all the news outlets in town so that all of the reporting about him is positive. The only paper he doesn't control is Lisa's newspaper, which she eventually has to print on a mimeograph machine, because Burns cuts the power to her house and school. Eventually Burns takes her down by conning Homer into giving dirt on Lisa, but by that time she has inspired everyone else to create their own newspapers that Burns can't control.

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