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Emily's Cat's avatar

I'm curious if there are some under-the-table agreements in place, so that these social media giants give favor to news media giants by subduing independent entities that might compete with them.

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Andrew Londre's avatar

Matt, can I offer myself up as a Censored person?

I’ve been chronicling my experiences of being maligned in my local paper and my efforts to get the story corrected... this eventually turned into an investigation on my part which found that my local paper is owned by a corporate conglomerate that owns 350+ publications and none of them appear to have a Correction Policy or a Code of Ethics.

Here’s my first story:

How My Local Paper Destroyed My Life and My Mental Health

https://link.medium.com/Jy6PZIYNxbb

...which led to my 2nd story:

An Up-Close Look At Journalistic Rot In Action: See a series of unbelievable emails with newspaper executives and what they reveal

https://link.medium.com/ZgDYLGaOxbb

...which led to my latest story in this saga:

Meet The “Sinclair Broadcast Group” of Local Newspapers: Lee Enterprises is one of the largest owners of local newspapers in America. Their apparent indifference to the truth, ethics, and transparency, is terrifying.

https://link.medium.com/mzOOT3dOxbb

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