Full list is here if you want some good laughs
Free Press rates the degree — on a scale of one to five chickens (🐔) — to which each media company has compromised its commitment to independent news and information in exchange for political favors and higher profits, or simply to get the Trump administration off its back.
In the rare instance where a company displays courageous independence from the political pressures of Washington, it earns a star (⚝), an ideal of autonomy to which all media must aspire if our democracy is to survive.
And who do they give this honor to? Netflix and fucking Blooomberg
every single one of them should be rated 100000000 chickens
Bloomberg, like the name of the guy who tried to buy an election?
Bloomberg getting a star makes sense. If you’re already a billionaire you don’t have to change your opinion to appease a billionaire.
The report calls out the concentration of ownership in a few ultrawealthy hands — billionaires, private equity firms, conglomerates — and the threat that poses to democracy.
Just two of the 35 ranked organizations — Bloomberg and Netflix — earned an elusive star for independence.
netflix? incredible
A good bit ruined by them being libs. Bastion of integrity over profit, Netflix.
well they sure as hell aren’t a bastion of profit
wdym they’re gonna see that return on investment from spending THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS on butchering a really cool (from what I’ve heard) graphic novel any day now
just one more 8-year long aaron sorkin monologue bro trust me, then i’m off the stuff for good
Notice how only Trump’s and Musk’s stuff gets five chickens. Because obviously the problems only started when Trump was elected, right?
new york times 1 chicken… but its a massive chicken the size of a boeing
etc
Oh, I get it. Very funny. (Not.)