Media forandres fra å være nyhetsformidlere til å bli propaganda-kanaler for spesielle interesser og ideologier.Det oppsiktsvekkende med handelen var at kjøpet er delvis finansiert av Charles og David Koch.Brødrene er to av USAs rikeste menn, kjente for å ha donert enorme summer til republikanske politikere, og for å ha drevet republikanerne ytterligere mot høyre.
https://www.bt.no/btmeninger/leder/i/G11MA9/Skremmende-medieutvikling-i-USA?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1511842688
The Kochs have, for instance, spent hundreds of millions on not-for-profit organizations, universities, advocacy groups and political campaigns. Though payback on donations is perceptible only through influence, in Time, they would also have an asset.
Charles Alexander, whose decades-long career at Time magazine culminated in 13 years as its science editor, isn’t the least bit puzzled. He is, however, very afraid.
What’s concerning about the Kochs’ interest, according to Alexander, is not that they are conservative. Time’s founder, Henry Luce, was conservative. What Alexander is worried about is a much more recent affliction of the Republican party: its systematic denial of the science underlying climate change and how that presaged a larger skepticism of science and facts in general.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/27/koch-brothers-time-magazine-media-power
The Center for Media and Democracy’s Mary Bottari told the Guardian she considered it “a smart move” on Koch’s part.
“The only way they can convince the public not to worry their heads about climate change and to forget about regulating the fossil fuel industry is to create their own media megaphone,” said Bottari.
