A Washington Monthly report found that since 2018, Facebook and Google alone have contributed at least $700 million to “journalism,” meaning Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai are steering the news to say what they want it to say – or not say.
Even by the year 2018, Facebook and Google “were already among the largest funders of journalism in the world,” having contributed not only $700 million but also “other ‘undisclosed’ funds
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Facebook, Google spent $700 million to “buy off the press”
The reason why the mainstream media almost never talks about the Orwellian activities of tech platforms like Facebook and Google is that these Silicon Valley giants are now funding the “news” to the tune…
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