Taibbi: A handful of people control 95% of US media distribution
Matt Taibbi · #AIS: Glenn Greenwald & Matt Taibbi discuss the new political divide, moderated by David Sacks · May 28, 2022 · at 35:05
Journalist Matt Taibbi comments at the All-In Summit on media hypocrisy surrounding Elon Musk's attempt to buy Twitter.
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“These are people who've been absolutely comfortable With, you know, a handful of people controlling you know, 95 to 98% of the media distribution in this country you know, for years now.”
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