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Deny, deflect, distract - Capitalist media working for the ruling class (slrpnk.net)

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https://www.jphilll.com/p/deny-deflect-distract

A trenchant analysis of the reactions appearing across the political spectra. Written from an anti-capitalist perspective.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I am not referring to the politics of any of these media outlets when I say they are non-capitalist, but their ownership structure. I don’t disagree that the guardian has a major status quo bias, but at the end of the day, it is wholly owned by a non-profit trust as opposed to shareholders (aka capitalists in the pure economic sense of the ward)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

By that definition all "Industrial Associations" would not be capitalist.

Personally I would be wary of telling people they should trust the words of the spokespersons of most of them.

There are more than one way in which the elites and near-elites organise to advance their interests and IMHO The Guardian is very much The Voice Of The English Upper Middle Class.