Bad News for The News: The Fox-Disney Merger Again Shortens the Media Menu — The consolidation of two media empires is a disaster for those who want a diverse, independent media.

Remember how just 6 media corporations control 90% of the news media?

Well it’s about to be just 5 media corporations that control 90% of the media.

Wednesday of last week, Disney announced a $73 billion merger, which more accurately resembles a buyout, of Fox.

For anyone worried that Disney buying out Fox is going to have any effect on Fox News and make skew them a little bit more back to the center, rest assured, the merger will not effect Fox News or the Wall Street Journal, 2 of billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s most right wing media outlets. Murdoch will retain 100% ownership of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, even after the merger.

Way back in 1983 we had 50 media corporations that controlled 90% of the news that Americans consumed and even that was after quite a bit of consolidation. 50 media corporations divvying up 90% of the media market sounds downright inspiring to me, as someone who has grown up in an America where there have only ever between 6-8 media corporations that controlled 90% of the market.

This problem of media consolidation really got kicked into hyperdrive after Democrat Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress, got together in 1996 to pass the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which paved the way for all of these mergers and buyouts.

via mintpressnews:

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA — The long-rumored Fox-Disney merger was made official Wednesday, as Disney closed on its purchase of much of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The $73.1 dollar “merger” – more accurately described as an acquisition – continues a worrying trend of media consolidation and gives Disney control and ownership over a historic 35 to 40 percent of the movie market. As of this week, it now owns the 20th Century Fox film and TV studios, Fox Television Group, countless international broadcasters, including the Star India conglomerate, and a controlling stake in streaming service Hulu.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/bad-news-for-the-news-the-fox-disney-merger-again-shortens-the-media-menu-the-consolidation-of-two-media-empires-is-a-disaster-for-those-who-want-a-diverse-independent-media/

Pompeo has stated publicly he's preparing for holy war against Islam.

Pike's Letter to Mazzini

"The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the religions."

"The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for the final social cataclysm."

"The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the 'agentur' of the 'Illuminati' between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion. We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time.4"

>>5890256

Mike Pompeo, sees foreign policy as a vehicle for holy war.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/mike-pompeo-trumps-pick-for-the-cia-wants-a-holy-war.html

>>5890300

agreed

>>5890356

Sharing info and shit talking isn't a crime

>>5890504

fucking retarded