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Beaver@lemmy.caM to Goods Unite Us@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months ago

CNN’s contributions

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Beaver@lemmy.caM to Goods Unite Us@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months ago
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  • CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    So much for CNN being “liberal media”!

    Is this one surprising to people?

    • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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      It is unfortunately. I’ve been trying to spread the word that CNN was bought by Trump supporters back in 2022. Still surprises quite a few people.

    • BigFig@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Bought out a few years ago

    • Beaver@lemmy.caOPM
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      11 months ago

      Nope saw this one coming a km away.

    • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The Biden team apparently

    • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Isn’t this chart reporting how people who watch CNN donated?

      • modifier@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Look at that community you’re in.

        • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Can you explain how that answers my question?

          • modifier@lemmy.ca
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            By looking at the community description you would see that this community is dedicated to an app which tracks the political spending of corporations or celebrities. Since the post is a screenshot of that app, and that app is dedicated to tracking the spending of corporations and celebrities, your original question would be fully answered and accompanied by an enriched appreciation for the diversity of communities on Lemmy.

            Make sense?

            • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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              Ah, I can’t see the community description on the app. I thought that the site tracked the political contributions of the companies, but someone a couple days ago said that it’s actually tracking the political contributions of their customers. That seems like a much harder thing to track, and counterintuitive, but now I’m not sure which is accurate.

              • modifier@lemmy.ca
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                11 months ago

                Don’t believe what that person said, and don’t believe what I said. This is easily resolved by just looking up the app in question in the app store or online and reading their own description of their app.

                This is one of the more odd conversations I’ve had on here in a while.

                • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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                  11 months ago

                  Okay, thanks

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    Doesn’t making political donations destroy any shred of impartiality the media once had?

    • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yes

    • Beaver@lemmy.caOPM
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      11 months ago

      You talking about cnn not all media

      • Ixoid@lemm.ee
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        Not American, so I don’t really know the biases involved. But it seems super sketchy to me.

        • Beaver@lemmy.caOPM
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          CNN and The Observer are sources that should be avoided.

        • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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          CNN is one of the larger news networks in the US, and often labeled as “liberal media” by Republicans.

          Important note, a lot of Americans, especially conservatives, use the word “liberal” to describe pretty much anything left of the Republican party.

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    A well funded Republican party is good for business! Keeps that outrage flowing.

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    I dont understand. Im trying to find details/evidence for this elsewhere online with no results. Could it be mistaken? It seems almost impossible

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      Edit: Well, well, well. It seems like they find workarounds to get money to political CNN commenters.

      https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/20/media/van-jones-bezos-100-million/index.html

      It wasn’t my intention to post half truths.


      It’s publicly traded, as it is part of Warner Bothers discovery, which is owned by AT&T.

      Edit: I don’t think you can donate to them at all. They have to release their political donations though, and on a first look they seem pretty eager to donate the same amount to Democrats and republicans at all times. There’s third party reports that give them a bad rating because apparently quite a few donations went to Jan 6 supporters and the likes.

      https://www.research.att.com/ecms/dam/csr/2022/Political_Engagement/ATT-Political-Engagement-Report-Jan-June-2021_Final.pdf

      https://sustainability.att.com/reports/political-engagement-report

      The donations TWD makes are tiny

      • Xanderill@lemmy.world
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        Thanks for the explanation. More complicated than I realized

        • vxx@lemmy.world
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          I fact checked myself today and it gets even more complicated.

          Apparently billionaires find loopholes

          https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/20/media/van-jones-bezos-100-million/index.html

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