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What's a low stakes conspiracy theory you believe? (hexbear.net)

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We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

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[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago

Back when I listened to FM radio for music because internet radio or streaming weren’t a thing yet, I could have sworn that local stations would all go to commercial at the same time. Like 95.7 and 96.5 are both oldies/classic rock but they purposely both go to commercial at the same time so you can’t just flip between them to avoid commercials.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

There used to be FCC rules that prevented one company from owning more than one station in a town [one AM and one FM] These days, big companies like Clear Channel can own as many as they want. Guess which President thought that was a good idea? Hint, his initials were RR

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I think there are only a few companies left in the entire US that run all FM channels, and its been taht way for a long time. Clearchannel and maybe two others, and they have dictatorial control over huge swathes of culture because they use their monopoly control to decide what music, talk radio, and news get airtime.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Reagan came in just as cable TV and other new technologies were getting big. The old Fairness Doctrine was created in the eraly days of broadcast, and he could pretend that it was outdated.

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