This is exactly right. Saving journalism requires the break up of Google and Facebook. If you want more on this, I wrote a book making that case. https://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Mind-Existential-Threat/dp/1101981113/ref=nodl_ …https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1089233327918366723 …
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Journalism has treated Big Tech with stunning reverence, given the fact those companies were destroying our business. It’s a joke that Facebook is complaining about unfair coverage, given its crimes against the press.
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"Crimes against the press" is the phrase that gives this whole thing away.
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: The biggest threats to journalism right now are tech monopolies & concentration of ownership.
Healthy democracy *requires* high-quality journalism.
W/o a wide range of independent outlets & the revenue to sustain them, our democracy will continue to crumble.