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mn9driver

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15. In this era of media consolidation, one very bad thing is becoming clear:

Reply to Jack Valentino (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:35 PM

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If you are a big media corporation and you want your merger approved by the Feds, you will need to give Trump what he wants: a few million dollars, and no talk shows that criticize him.

There will be more demands later. Guaranteed. And Paramount and the others will pay and censor themselves. Again. Guaranteed.

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