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ificandream

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13. The state of newspapers and the media ...

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 08:03 PM

19 hrs ago

>Newspapers have been declining for years and if it’s owned by a conglomerate they don’t do local news.<

Some still do, but the number is shriveling.

>Then you add perceived and real media bias end game.<

I could probably write a book on that, but the media isn't as biased as a lot of people think. There is one exception, though: Fox "news" and its ilk are the biggest pieces of media scum in the world. Especially Murdoch. If Fox was out of the picture, the world would be a whole lot better now. Roger Ailes, I hope you are burning in hell, you m.f.

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