The Ledger
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Taibbi: Bottom 99% lost wealth while top 1% gained millions under Obama
“During the Obama years the bottom 99% saw their average wealth decrease by 4900 dollars, whereas the top one percent saw its wealth increase by an average of 4.9 million dollars.”
Taibbi: Democrats represent 41 of the 50 wealthiest US congressional districts
“41 of the richest 50 congressional districts in America had Democrats in those seats, and all of the top 10 richest districts were won by Democrats.”
Taibbi: A handful of people control 95% of US media distribution
“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.”
Taibbi: Fox News pioneered the media audience optimization business model
“Fox pioneered a new way to make money in media, which is sort of like the audience optimization model. Like you pick a group a demographic, and then you try to dominate it by feeding it news that you know that those people are going to respond to.”