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This is correct.

And he’s also on the mark when he described what ails journalism.

“All across the country, corporate conglomerates and hedge fund vultures have bought and consolidated local newspapers and slashed their newsrooms,” he explained, “all while giving executives and shareholders big payouts.”

And the result of this trend? The “decimation of journalism” and corporate news outlets “lining up for billions of dollars a year in pharmaceutical and oil ads while failing to provide a consistently fair hearing for issues like Medicare for All or downplaying coverage of the climate crisis.”

Again, he’s correct. And who pays the price for this grotesque reality? Well, we all do. You. Me. Our families and friends and loved ones. Our local communities pay. Our democracy pays. This planet is paying the price, and so is the future.

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