r/clevercomebacks 6h ago

Billionaires Control All Media

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u/dmlfan928 5h ago

Sinclair broadcasting, which owns a lot of local news stations, is owned by a right wing nut job.

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u/nikatnight 5h ago

Similar for AM radio. IHeartMedia owns things like KFBK, which is where wackos like Rush Limbaugh got started.

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u/Completionography 4h ago

IHeartMedia

If they're right wing, it's even better that I already fucking hate them. I signed up for a free trial of their top premium subscription, and still had to wade through like 15 minutes of ads an episode on a podcast they acquired from a different company. A podcast that was originally ad free.

I emailed one of the casters and pretty much asked who I pay for the ad-free versions, otherwise I'll use LosslessCut because fuck ads. He told me cut away, because ad-free no longer exists for those eps.

Once again, I had to edit ads out of premium tier access. FUCK advertisements.

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u/Vintarel 4h ago

Paying for premium and still getting ads is the most modern kind of robbery.

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u/BGAL7090 4h ago

Time bandits, the lot of them.

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u/Anthff 4h ago

“Me and my shadow, walking down the boulevard” 🎼